linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] arch/arc: Remove caller signal_pending

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Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:27:10 -0800
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     dave@...olabs.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        vgupta@...opsys.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] arch/arc: Remove caller signal_pending_branch predictions

This is already done for us internally by the signal machinery.

Cc: vgupta@...opsys.com
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
---
 arch/arc/mm/fault.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
index c9da6102eb4f..6b6df8f9f882 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void do_page_fault(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags);
 
 	/* If Pagefault was interrupted by SIGKILL, exit page fault "early" */
-	if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(current))) {
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 		if ((fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR) && !(fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY))
 			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		if (user_mode(regs))
-- 
2.16.4