[PATHC] remove redundant variable in sys_prctl

[Jesper Juhl]

The `sig' variable in kernel/sys.c::sys_prctl() is completely
redundant, we might as well get rid of it.
Patch below for review (also attached since gmail's webmail interface
will most certainly mangle the inline one).

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> 
---

--- linux-2.6.13-rc6/kernel/sys.c~      2005-08-09 13:35:40.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc6/kernel/sys.c       2005-08-09 13:35:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -1711,7 +1711,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, un
                          unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
 {
        long error;
-       int sig;

        error = security_task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
        if (error)
@@ -1719,12 +1718,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, un

        switch (option) {
                case PR_SET_PDEATHSIG:
-                       sig = arg2;
-                       if (!valid_signal(sig)) {
+                       if (!valid_signal(arg2)) {
                                error = -EINVAL;
                                break;
                        }
-                       current->pdeath_signal = sig;
+                       current->pdeath_signal = arg2;
                        break;
                case PR_GET_PDEATHSIG:
                        error = put_user(current->pdeath_signal, (int
__user *)arg2);



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