Re: Stopping Kernel Threads at module unload time

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Middeweken 09 November 2005 17:56, Aritz Bastida wrote:
> Now, if I call kthread_stop() in module unload time, does that code
> run in user process context just like system calls do? That is
> important, because if it cannot sleep, it would deadlock.

Yes, it runs in the context of the delete_module system call.
I think it's more likely that you're not returning from your
thread loop.

Please post a URL for your module source code so we can see
what goes wrong there.

	Arnd <><
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