Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261658AbVEPN7E (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2005 09:59:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261653AbVEPN7E (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2005 09:59:04 -0400 Received: from alog0701.analogic.com ([208.224.223.238]:55195 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261662AbVEPN6l (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 May 2005 09:58:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 09:58:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: linux cc: lkml Subject: Re: 2.6 Kernel Threads In-Reply-To: <002f01c55a1a$7c2cfda0$0101010a@dioxide> Message-ID: References: <002f01c55a1a$7c2cfda0$0101010a@dioxide> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 778 Lines: 23 On Mon, 16 May 2005, linux wrote: > Hi all, > can u tell how i can start/stop a kernel thread in 2.6.x series kernel??? > > > Thanks in advance. You send it a signal. There are several drivers that use kernel threads. You can see how they synchronize shut-down for module removal by using a semaphone and a signal. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.11 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/