On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 12:06:51AM -0800, Swapnil Nagle wrote:
> * Can anybody give pointers to coding kernel daemons.. It has to be in
I've pointed you to look at frey's page more than once on IRC.
> * Can a module sleep in its init_module function ?
yes, but only for short times.
you should create a kernel thread in init instead.
> __init init_module { set kernel timer to expire in 1 sec }
>
> timeout_func { interruptible_sleep_on(&my_queue); }
>
> After the timer expires, the kernel panics: Aiee..scheduling in interrupt
1) don't EVER use _sleep_on - prefer wait_event_interruptible()
2) timer callbacks are in interrupt context, you cannot sleep
It sounds like what you are doing is totally inappropriate for a module anyhoo
regards
john
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