Move sighand_cachep definitioni to linux/signal.h The sighand cache is only used in fs/exec.c and kernel/fork.c. It is defined in kernel/fork.c but only used in fs/exec.c. The sighand_cachep is related to signal processing. So add the definition to signal.h. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/slab.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2.orig/include/linux/slab.h 2006-11-21 14:11:50.000000000 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/slab.h 2006-11-21 14:12:25.500080559 -0600 @@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ extern kmem_cache_t *names_cachep; extern kmem_cache_t *files_cachep; extern kmem_cache_t *filp_cachep; extern kmem_cache_t *fs_cachep; -extern kmem_cache_t *sighand_cachep; #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ Index: linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/signal.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2.orig/include/linux/signal.h 2006-11-21 14:11:29.000000000 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/include/linux/signal.h 2006-11-21 14:12:07.687985977 -0600 @@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ extern int sigprocmask(int, sigset_t *, struct pt_regs; extern int get_signal_to_deliver(siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *return_ka, struct pt_regs *regs, void *cookie); +extern struct kmem_cache *sighand_cachep; + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_SIGNAL_H */