From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Aritz Bastida <aritzbastida@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@analogic.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Stopping Kernel Threads at module unload time
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:27:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200511091827.49144.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7d40d7190511090856x24fd68f5g@mail.gmail.com>
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 <><
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-09 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-09 15:49 Aritz Bastida
2005-11-09 16:16 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-09 16:56 ` Aritz Bastida
2005-11-09 17:05 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-09 17:24 ` Aritz Bastida
2005-11-09 18:09 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-09 17:27 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2005-11-09 17:49 ` Aritz Bastida
2005-11-09 17:54 ` Aritz Bastida
2005-11-09 18:10 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
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