linux-kernel - [PATCH] wait_for_helper: remove unneeded do

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Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:28:23 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] wait_for_helper: remove unneeded do_sigaction()

allow_signal(SIGCHLD) does all necessary job, no need to call do_sigaction()
prior to.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- 2.6.21-rc5/kernel/kmod.c~WH	2007-04-05 12:18:28.000000000 +0400
+++ 2.6.21-rc5/kernel/kmod.c	2007-04-13 11:14:00.000000000 +0400
@@ -181,14 +181,9 @@ 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);

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