The patch titled wait_for_helper: remove unneeded do_sigaction() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was wait_for_helper-remove-unneeded-do_sigaction.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: wait_for_helper: remove unneeded do_sigaction() From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> allow_signal(SIGCHLD) does all necessary job, no need to call do_sigaction() prior to. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/kmod.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/kmod.c~wait_for_helper-remove-unneeded-do_sigaction kernel/kmod.c --- a/kernel/kmod.c~wait_for_helper-remove-unneeded-do_sigaction +++ a/kernel/kmod.c @@ -185,14 +185,9 @@ static int wait_for_helper(void *data) { struct subprocess_info *sub_info = data; pid_t pid; - struct k_sigaction sa; /* Install a handler: if SIGCLD isn't handled sys_wait4 won't * populate the status, but will return -ECHILD. */ - sa.sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN; - sa.sa.sa_flags = 0; - siginitset(&sa.sa.sa_mask, sigmask(SIGCHLD)); - do_sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL); allow_signal(SIGCHLD); pid = kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper, sub_info, SIGCHLD); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch freezer-read-pf_borrowed_mm-in-a-nonracy-way.patch freezer-close-theoretical-race-between-refrigerator-and-thaw_tasks.patch freezer-remove-pf_nofreeze-from-rcutorture-thread.patch freezer-remove-pf_nofreeze-from-bluetooth-threads.patch freezer-add-try_to_freeze-calls-to-all-kernel-threads.patch freezer-fix-vfork-problem.patch freezer-take-kernel_execve-into-consideration.patch nlmclnt_recovery-dont-use-clone_sighand.patch fix-kthread_create-vs-freezer-theoretical-race.patch fix-pf_nofreeze-and-freezeable-race-2.patch freezer-document-task_lock-in-thaw_process.patch move-frozen_process-to-kernel-power-processc.patch separate-freezer-from-pm-code-rev-2.patch introduce-freezer-flags-rev-2.patch libata-core-convert-to-use-cancel_rearming_delayed_work.patch clone-flag-clone_parent_tidptr-leaves-invalid-results-in-memory.patch getrusage-fill-ru_inblock-and-ru_oublock-fields-if-possible.patch dont-init-pgrp-and-__session-in-init_signals.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html