Linux 3.9-rc2, ARCH=um does not build

Hi,

$ make ARCH=um defconfig
$ make ARCH=um
...
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:18:8: error: conflicting types for ‘sig_info’
In file included from arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:12:0:
/repos/linux/arch/um/include/shared/as-layout.h:64:15: note: previous declaration of ‘sig_info’ was here
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:19:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:19:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[5]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:20:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:20:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[8]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:21:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:21:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[4]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:22:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:22:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[28]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:23:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:23:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[7]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:24:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:24:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[11]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:25:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:25:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[29]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:26:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:26:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘sig_info[26]’) [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:133:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c:133:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘handlers[26]’) [enabled by default]
make[1]: *** [arch/um/os-Linux/signal.o] Error 1

Configuration
=============

$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.7.2

$ pacman -Q glibc
glibc 2.17-3

$ git rev-parse HEAD
f6161aa153581da4a3867a2d1a7caf4be19b6ec9

Patch
=====

This problem (and the fix) was already known in October, 2012. Any ideas why the patch wasn't merged upstream?

The following patch is borrowed from Arch Linux AUR.
(https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/li/linux-usermode/PKGBUILD)

index b1469fe..788d685 100644
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <sysdep/mcontext.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-void (*sig_info[NSIG])(int, siginfo_t *, struct uml_pt_regs *) = {
+void (*sig_info[NSIG])(int, struct siginfo *, struct uml_pt_regs *) = {
        [SIGTRAP]       = relay_signal,
        [SIGFPE]        = relay_signal,
        [SIGILL]        = relay_signal,

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void (*sig_info[NSIG])(int, siginfo_t *, struct uml_pt_regs *) = {
        [SIGIO]         = sigio_handler,
        [SIGVTALRM]     = timer_handler };
 
-static void sig_handler_common(int sig, siginfo_t *si, mcontext_t *mc)
+static void sig_handler_common(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc)
 {
        struct uml_pt_regs r;
        int save_errno = errno;

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static void sig_handler_common(int sig, siginfo_t *si, mcontext_t *mc)
 static int signals_enabled;
 static unsigned int signals_pending;
 
-void sig_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, mcontext_t *mc)
+void sig_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc)
 {
        int enabled;
 

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void set_sigstack(void *sig_stack, int size)
                panic("enabling signal stack failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
 }
 
-static void (*handlers[_NSIG])(int sig, siginfo_t *si, mcontext_t *mc) = {
+static void (*handlers[_NSIG])(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc) = {
        [SIGSEGV] = sig_handler,
        [SIGBUS] = sig_handler,
        [SIGILL] = sig_handler,

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void (*handlers[_NSIG])(int sig, siginfo_t *si, mcontext_t *mc) = {
 };
 
 
-static void hard_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *p)
+static void hard_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, void *p)
 {
        struct ucontext *uc = p;
        mcontext_t *mc = &uc->uc_mcontext;

index da4b9e9..f9f6041 100644
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,linux.intel}.com)
  * Licensed under the GPL

--
Dhiru

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A fix for that was already posted to Linus.
It will be visible in 3.9-rc3.

If you then still face the issue, shout! :)

Thanks,
//richard

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