In message <000a01c43063$dfe15a80$160aa8c0@dinesh> "copy_to_user fails" ""Dinesh" <dineshg@nodeinfotech.com>" wrote: > What can be the reason for failure of copy_to_user() on Pentium 3 with 512 MB RAM? Hello, Did you use the following sequence? I think you can check the return value of copy_to_user(). mm_segment_t oldfs; oldfs = get_fs(); set_fs(KERNEL_DS); copy_to_user(); set_fs(oldfs); -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/