____call_usermodehelper() has no reason for flush_signals(). It is a fresh forked process which is going to exec a user-space application or exit on failure.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- WQ/kernel/kmod.c~ 2007-02-18 22:56:49.000000000 +0300 +++ WQ/kernel/kmod.c 2007-02-27 00:05:08.000000000 +0300 @@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void /* Unblock all signals and set the session keyring. */ new_session = key_get(sub_info->ring); - flush_signals(current); spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock); old_session = __install_session_keyring(current, new_session); flush_signal_handlers(current, 1); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/