Sorry, I didn't read these emails, and I never looked at this code... Can't understand what are you talking about but a minor nit anyway ;) On 09/04, Petr Mladek wrote: > > + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); > if (!kthread_should_stop()) > wait_to_die(); I bet this wait_to_die() can die, consumer/producer can simply exit. Just you need get_task_struct() after kthread_create(), and put_task_struct() after kthread_stop(). Oleg. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>