From: Oleg Nesterov adb_probe_task() is forked by "events" thread, all signals are ignored, no need to play with signal blocking/flushing. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Paul Mackerras Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/macintosh/adb.c | 10 ++-------- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/macintosh/adb.c~adb_probe_task-remove-unneeded-flush_signals-call drivers/macintosh/adb.c --- a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c~adb_probe_task-remove-unneeded-flush_signals-call +++ a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c @@ -248,21 +248,15 @@ static int adb_scan_bus(void) static int adb_probe_task(void *x) { - sigset_t blocked; - strcpy(current->comm, "kadbprobe"); - sigfillset(&blocked); - sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, NULL); - flush_signals(current); - printk(KERN_INFO "adb: starting probe task...\n"); do_adb_reset_bus(); printk(KERN_INFO "adb: finished probe task...\n"); - + adb_probe_task_pid = 0; up(&adb_probe_mutex); - + return 0; } _