#include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/wait.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/list.h> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD (my_queue); int init_module(void) { struct task_struct *my_task ; my_task = find_task_by_pid(1477); DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, my_task); my_task->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE ; init_waitqueue_entry( &wait, my_task); add_wait_queue( &my_queue , &wait); sleep_on(&my_queue); interruptible_sleep_on(&my_queue); schedule( ); return 0; } void cleanuo_module() { printk("Bye"); wake_up( &my_queue ); } Hi everyone, In the above module I want to sleep the process having pid 1477 ( which is mpg123 player in my case in wait queue ). Instead of sleeping the process with the given pid it is hanging insmod command. so plz tell me what is wrong in the above code. Thanks for replays in Advance, Thanks and regards Deepak Joshi. ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/