The patch titled wait_task_zombie: remove unneeded child->signal check has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is wait_task_zombie-remove-unneeded-child-signal-check.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: wait_task_zombie: remove unneeded child->signal check From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> A zombie must have a valid ->signal, we are going to release it and __exit_signal() starts with BUG_ON(!sig). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/exit.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/exit.c~wait_task_zombie-remove-unneeded-child-signal-check kernel/exit.c --- a/kernel/exit.c~wait_task_zombie-remove-unneeded-child-signal-check +++ a/kernel/exit.c @@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static int wait_task_zombie(struct task_ return 0; } - if (likely(p->real_parent == p->parent) && likely(p->signal)) { + if (likely(p->real_parent == p->parent)) { struct signal_struct *psig; struct signal_struct *sig; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are fix-theoretical-ccids_readwrite_lock-race.patch i386-remove-unnecessary-code.patch clone-flag-clone_parent_tidptr-leaves-invalid-results-in-memory.patch do_sys_poll-simplify-playing-with-on-stack-data.patch do_sys_poll-simplify-playing-with-on-stack-data-fix.patch do_poll-return-eintr-when-signalled.patch pi-futex-set-pf_exiting-without-taking-pi_lock.patch do_sigaction-remove-now-unneeded-recalc_sigpending.patch handle-the-multi-threaded-inits-exit-properly.patch wait_task_zombie-remove-unneeded-child-signal-check.patch cpu-hotplug-slab-cleanup-cpuup_callback.patch cpu-hotplug-slab-fix-memory-leak-in-cpu-hotplug-error-path.patch cpu-hotplug-cpu-deliver-cpu_up_canceled-only-to-notify_oked-callbacks-with-cpu_up_prepare.patch cpu-hotplug-topology-remove-topology_dev_map.patch cpu-hotplug-thermal_throttle-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-msr-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-cpuid-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-mce-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-intel_cacheinfo-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-intel_cacheinfo-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling-fix-a-section-mismatch-warning.patch workqueue-debug-flushing-deadlocks-with-lockdep.patch workqueue-debug-work-related-deadlocks-with-lockdep.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