The patch titled Subject: revert "sched: Fix fork() error path to not crash" has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is revert-sched-fix-fork-error-path-to-not-crash.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 *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: revert "sched: Fix fork() error path to not crash" To make way for "fork: fix error handling in dup_task()", which fixes the errors more completely. Cc: Salman Qazi <sqazi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/fork.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/fork.c~revert-sched-fix-fork-error-path-to-not-crash kernel/fork.c --- a/kernel/fork.c~revert-sched-fix-fork-error-path-to-not-crash +++ a/kernel/fork.c @@ -304,17 +304,12 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_stru } err = arch_dup_task_struct(tsk, orig); - - /* - * We defer looking at err, because we will need this setup - * for the clean up path to work correctly. - */ - tsk->stack = ti; - setup_thread_stack(tsk, orig); - if (err) goto out; + tsk->stack = ti; + + setup_thread_stack(tsk, orig); clear_user_return_notifier(tsk); clear_tsk_need_resched(tsk); stackend = end_of_stack(tsk); _ Subject: Subject: revert "sched: Fix fork() error path to not crash" Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch arch-x86-platform-iris-irisc-register-a-platform-device-and-a-platform-driver.patch arch-x86-kernel-cpu-perf_event_intel_uncoreh-make-uncore_pmu_hrtimer_interval-64-bit.patch sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix.patch hfs-get-rid-of-hfs_sync_super-checkpatch-fixes.patch coredump-warn-about-unsafe-suid_dumpable-core_pattern-combo.patch mm.patch mm-make-vb_alloc-more-foolproof-fix.patch mm-hugetlb-add-new-hugetlb-cgroup-fix.patch mm-hugetlb-add-new-hugetlb-cgroup-fix-fix.patch hugetlb-cgroup-add-hugetlb-cgroup-control-files-fix.patch hugetlb-cgroup-add-hugetlb-cgroup-control-files-fix-fix.patch mm-memblockc-memblock_double_array-cosmetic-cleanups.patch memcg-make-mem_cgroup_force_empty_list-return-bool-fix.patch memcg-prevent-oom-with-too-many-dirty-pages.patch mm-fadvise-dont-return-einval-when-filesystem-cannot-implement-fadvise-checkpatch-fixes.patch memcg-rename-config-variables.patch memcg-rename-config-variables-fix-fix.patch mm-have-order-0-compaction-start-off-where-it-left-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-have-order-0-compaction-start-off-where-it-left-v3-typo.patch memory-hotplug-fix-kswapd-looping-forever-problem-fix.patch avr32-mm-faultc-port-oom-changes-to-do_page_fault-fix.patch nmi-watchdog-fix-for-lockup-detector-breakage-on-resume.patch kernel-sysc-avoid-argv_freenull.patch kmsg-dev-kmsg-properly-return-possible-copy_from_user-failure.patch printk-add-generic-functions-to-find-kern_level-headers-fix.patch btrfs-use-printk_get_level-and-printk_skip_level-add-__printf-fix-fallout-fix.patch btrfs-use-printk_get_level-and-printk_skip_level-add-__printf-fix-fallout-checkpatch-fixes.patch lib-vsprintfc-remind-people-to-update-documentation-printk-formatstxt-when-adding-printk-formats.patch string-introduce-memweight-fix.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-ab8500c-use-uie-emulation-checkpatch-fixes.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-r9701c-check-that-r9701_set_datetime-succeeded.patch hfsplus-get-rid-of-write_super-checkpatch-fixes.patch kernel-kmodc-document-call_usermodehelper_fns-a-bit.patch kmod-avoid-deadlock-from-recursive-kmod-call.patch fork-use-vma_pages-to-simplify-the-code-fix.patch revert-sched-fix-fork-error-path-to-not-crash.patch fork-fix-error-handling-in-dup_task-fix.patch fs-cachefiles-add-support-for-large-files-in-filesystem-caching-fix.patch include-linux-aioh-cpp-c-conversions.patch resource-make-sure-requested-range-intersects-root-range-fix.patch fault-injection-add-selftests-for-cpu-and-memory-hotplug.patch journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-fix.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch put_bh-debug.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