[PATCH] Small bugfix in signal code in exec.c

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Here's a small bug, not likely to be hit often, but likely painful if it
does trigger.

Dave McCracken

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Dave McCracken IBM Linux Base Kernel Team 1-512-838-3059
dmccr@us.ibm.com T/L 678-3059

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--- linux-2.4.16/fs/exec.c Fri Nov 2 19:39:20 2001
+++ linux-2.4.16/fs/exec.c.new Wed Nov 28 11:06:25 2001
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
 flush_failed:
         spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
         if (current->sig != oldsig) {
- kfree(current->sig);
+ kmem_cache_free(sigact_cachep, current->sig);
                 current->sig = oldsig;
         }
         spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);

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