The patch titled pidns: remove now unused kill_proc function has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is pidns-remove-now-unused-kill_proc-function.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** 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 The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: pidns: remove now unused kill_proc function From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> This function operated on a pid_t to kill a task, which is no longer valid in a containerized system. It has finally lost all its users and we can safely remove it from the tree. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sched.h | 1 - kernel/signal.c | 12 ------------ 2 files changed, 13 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~pidns-remove-now-unused-kill_proc-function include/linux/sched.h --- a/include/linux/sched.h~pidns-remove-now-unused-kill_proc-function +++ a/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1769,7 +1769,6 @@ extern void force_sig(int, struct task_s extern void force_sig_specific(int, struct task_struct *); extern int send_sig(int, struct task_struct *, int); extern void zap_other_threads(struct task_struct *p); -extern int kill_proc(pid_t, int, int); extern struct sigqueue *sigqueue_alloc(void); extern void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *); extern int send_sigqueue(struct sigqueue *, struct task_struct *, int group); diff -puN kernel/signal.c~pidns-remove-now-unused-kill_proc-function kernel/signal.c --- a/kernel/signal.c~pidns-remove-now-unused-kill_proc-function +++ a/kernel/signal.c @@ -1228,17 +1228,6 @@ int kill_pid(struct pid *pid, int sig, i } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_pid); -int -kill_proc(pid_t pid, int sig, int priv) -{ - int ret; - - rcu_read_lock(); - ret = kill_pid_info(sig, __si_special(priv), find_pid(pid)); - rcu_read_unlock(); - return ret; -} - /* * These functions support sending signals using preallocated sigqueue * structures. This is needed "because realtime applications cannot @@ -1908,7 +1897,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(recalc_sigpending); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dequeue_signal); EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_signals); EXPORT_SYMBOL(force_sig); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_proc); EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptrace_notify); EXPORT_SYMBOL(send_sig); EXPORT_SYMBOL(send_sig_info); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from xemul@xxxxxxxxxx are mark-res_counter_charge_locked-with-__must_check.patch cgroup-files-clean-up-whitespace-in-struct-cftype.patch cgroup-files-add-write_string-cgroup-control-file-method.patch cgroup-files-move-the-release_agent-file-to-use-typed-handlers.patch cgroup-files-move-notify_on_release-file-to-separate-write-handler.patch cgroup-files-turn-attach_task_by_pid-directly-into-a-cgroup-write-handler.patch cgroup-files-remove-cpuset_common_file_write.patch cgroup-files-convert-devcgroup_access_write-into-a-cgroup-write_string-handler.patch cgroup-files-convert-res_counter_write-to-be-a-cgroups-write_string-handler.patch memcg-make-global-var-read_mostly.patch memcg-avoid-unnecessary-initialization.patch memcg-better-migration-handling.patch memcg-remove-refcnt-from-page_cgroup.patch memcg-remove-refcnt-from-page_cgroup-fix.patch memcg-remove-refcnt-from-page_cgroup-fix-2.patch memcg-remove-refcnt-from-page_cgroup-fix-memcg-fix-mem_cgroup_end_migration-race.patch memcg-handle-swap-cache.patch memcg-handle-swap-cache-fix.patch memcg-handle-swap-cache-fix-shmem-page-migration-incorrectness-on-memcgroup.patch memcg-helper-function-for-relcaim-from-shmem.patch memcg-add-hints-for-branch.patch memcg-remove-a-redundant-check.patch memrlimit-add-memrlimit-controller-documentation.patch memrlimit-setup-the-memrlimit-controller.patch memrlimit-cgroup-mm-owner-callback-changes-to-add-task-info.patch memrlimit-add-memrlimit-controller-accounting-and-control.patch memrlimit-improve-error-handling.patch memrlimit-handle-attach_task-failure-add-can_attach-callback.patch sysctl-allow-override-of-proc-sys-net-with-cap_net_admin.patch pidns-remove-now-unused-kill_proc-function.patch pidns-remove-now-unused-find_pid-function.patch pidns-remove-find_task_by_pid-unused-for-a-long-time.patch bsdacct-rename-acct_blbls-to-bsd_acct_struct.patch pidns-use-kzalloc-when-allocating-new-pid_namespace-struct.patch pidns-add-the-struct-bsd_acct_struct-pointer-on-pid_namespace-struct.patch bsdacct-truthify-a-comment-near-acct_process.patch bsdacct-make-check-timer-accept-a-bsd_acct_struct-argument.patch bsdacct-turn-the-acct_lock-from-on-the-struct-to-global.patch bsdacct-make-internal-code-work-with-passed-bsd_acct_struct-not-global.patch bsdacct-switch-from-global-bsd_acct_struct-instance-to-per-pidns-one.patch bsdacct-turn-acct-off-for-all-pidns-s-on-umount-time.patch bsdacct-account-dying-tasks-in-all-relevant-namespaces.patch bsdacct-stir-up-comments-around-acct_process.patch reiser4.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