Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

Conflict resolution of ice_virtchnl_pf.c based upon work by
Stephen Rothwell.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index fa872df4e770..b12186c87f52 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
+#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <trace/events/bcache.h>
@@ -1913,6 +1914,18 @@ static int bch_gc_thread(void *arg)
 
 int bch_gc_thread_start(struct cache_set *c)
 {
+	/*
+	 * In case previous btree check operation occupies too many
+	 * system memory for bcache btree node cache, and the
+	 * registering process is selected by OOM killer. Here just
+	 * ignore the SIGKILL sent by OOM killer if there is, to
+	 * avoid kthread_run() being failed by pending signals. The
+	 * bcache registering process will exit after the registration
+	 * done.
+	 */
+	if (signal_pending(current))
+		flush_signals(current);
+
 	c->gc_thread = kthread_run(bch_gc_thread, c, "bcache_gc");
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(c->gc_thread);
 }