hi a try write iptables module to match load average. part related to iptables seems done. but... how can o take access to avenrun kernel variable? if i use filp_open f=filp_open("/proc/loadavg",O_RDONLY,0); if(IS_ERR(f)){ printk(KERN_DEBUG "file open failed."); return 1; } fs=get_fs(); set_fs(get_ds()); if(f &&f->f_op && f->f_op->read) f->f_op->read(f,buf,sizeof(buf)-1,&f->f_pos); else printk(KERN_DEBUG "pointer is NULL"); set_fs(fs); filp_close(f,0); and so on, but my module works for 3-5 second and theb my pc is hang can you help me? __Ury -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/