3 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index cdd51a3..fbadb94 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1486,8 +1486,8 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 	if (!bprm)
 		goto out_files;
 
-	retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&current->cred_guard_mutex);
-	if (retval < 0)
+	retval = -ERESTARTNOINTR;
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&current->cred_guard_mutex))
 		goto out_free;
 	current->in_execve = 1;
 
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index e639957..4a8849e 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1277,8 +1277,8 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 	if (!bprm)
 		goto out_files;
 
-	retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&current->cred_guard_mutex);
-	if (retval < 0)
+	retval = -ERESTARTNOINTR;
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&current->cred_guard_mutex))
 		goto out_free;
 	current->in_execve = 1;
 
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index dd20002..3422ba6 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -112,8 +112,13 @@ restart:
 	mutex_unlock(&mutex);
 }
 
+/*
+ * sync everything.  Start out by waking pdflush, because that writes back
+ * all queues in parallel.
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync)
 {
+	wakeup_pdflush(0);
 	sync_filesystems(0);
 	sync_filesystems(1);
 	if (unlikely(laptop_mode))