The patch titled
     Fix unbalanced helper_lock in kernel/kmod.c
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     fix-unbalanced-helper_lock-in-kernel-kmodc.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

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Subject: Fix unbalanced helper_lock in kernel/kmod.c
From: Nigel Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

call_usermodehelper_exec() has an exit path that can leave the
helper_lock() call at the top of the routine unbalanced.  The attached
patch fixes this issue.

Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 kernel/kmod.c |   13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff -puN kernel/kmod.c~fix-unbalanced-helper_lock-in-kernel-kmodc kernel/kmod.c
--- a/kernel/kmod.c~fix-unbalanced-helper_lock-in-kernel-kmodc
+++ a/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -451,13 +451,11 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subp
                             enum umh_wait wait)
 {
        DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
-       int retval;
+       int retval = 0;
 
        helper_lock();
-       if (sub_info->path[0] == '\0') {
-               retval = 0;
+       if (sub_info->path[0] == '\0')
                goto out;
-       }
 
        if (!khelper_wq || usermodehelper_disabled) {
                retval = -EBUSY;
@@ -468,13 +466,14 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subp
        sub_info->wait = wait;
 
        queue_work(khelper_wq, &sub_info->work);
-       if (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT) /* task has freed sub_info */
-               return 0;
+       if (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT)        /* task has freed sub_info */
+               goto unlock;
        wait_for_completion(&done);
        retval = sub_info->retval;
 
-  out:
+out:
        call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info);
+unlock:
        helper_unlock();
        return retval;
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are

origin.patch

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