[PATCH] fix uninitialized variable in waitid(2)

[Joe Korty]

Specify an initial value signal_struct's field stop_state
whenever a signal_struct variable is created.

Bug was discovered through the occasional failure of
telnet(1) to connect.

Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@xxxxxxxx>

--- base/kernel/fork.c	2004-12-02 17:18:39.340843441 -0500
+++ new/kernel/fork.c	2004-12-02 17:24:27.085305563 -0500
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@
 	sig->group_exit_code = 0;
 	sig->group_exit_task = NULL;
 	sig->group_stop_count = 0;
+	sig->stop_state = 0;
 	sig->curr_target = NULL;
 	init_sigpending(&sig->shared_pending);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sig->posix_timers);
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