The patch titled wait_task_* cleanups: use copy_wait_opts_to_user() in do_wait() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-do_wait.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: wait_task_* cleanups: use copy_wait_opts_to_user() in do_wait() From: Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@xxxxxxxxx> All copy-paste getrusage() and put_user() code in wait_task_* functions is replaced by call to copy_wait_opts_to_user() Use copy_wait_opts_to_user() in do_wait() to clean up user's siginfo structure. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/exit.c | 15 +-------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/exit.c~wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-do_wait kernel/exit.c --- a/kernel/exit.c~wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-do_wait +++ a/kernel/exit.c @@ -1606,8 +1606,6 @@ end: __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); remove_wait_queue(¤t->signal->wait_chldexit,&wait); if (wo->wo_info) { - struct siginfo __user *infop = wo->wo_info; - if (retval > 0) retval = 0; else { @@ -1616,18 +1614,7 @@ end: * we would set so the user can easily tell the * difference. */ - if (!retval) - retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_signo); - if (!retval) - retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_errno); - if (!retval) - retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_code); - if (!retval) - retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_pid); - if (!retval) - retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_uid); - if (!retval) - retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_status); + retval = copy_wait_opts_to_user(wo, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0); } } return retval; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from v.mayatskih@xxxxxxxxx are wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-do_wait.patch wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-wait_task_zombie.patch wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-wait_task_continued.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