diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2fe7f097e474..f638bd7334a1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0ccf831cbee94df9c5006dd46248c0f07847dd7c
+refs/heads/master: 59714d65dfbc86d5cb93adc5bac57a921cc2fa84
diff --git a/trunk/fs/exec.c b/trunk/fs/exec.c
index 282240afe99e..966c5c5b6741 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/exec.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/exec.c
@@ -947,12 +947,13 @@ static void flush_old_files(struct files_struct * files)
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 }
 
-void get_task_comm(char *buf, struct task_struct *tsk)
+char *get_task_comm(char *buf, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	/* buf must be at least sizeof(tsk->comm) in size */
 	task_lock(tsk);
 	strncpy(buf, tsk->comm, sizeof(tsk->comm));
 	task_unlock(tsk);
+	return buf;
 }
 
 void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *buf)
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/sched.h b/trunk/include/linux/sched.h
index af6947e69b40..680bb03a4b90 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *, unsigned lon
 struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
 
 extern void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *from);
-extern void get_task_comm(char *to, struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern char *get_task_comm(char *to, struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern void wait_task_inactive(struct task_struct * p);