Dear Fawad, > > I have tried this earlier version of 2.4 kernels and found what you > > mentioned. I found the same on 2.6.x kernel with Preemption & SMP > > disabled. > > > > Right :) > > > But, when I tried this on a 2.6.x kernel with Preemption & SMP enabled I > > fond that the kernel hangs with some messages. > > > > Can you tell what the messages are? When the kernel crashes, kernel prints out the log explaining the error. I have a problem taking those messages when the kernel crashes. When we reboot the system, I do find it in the "/var/log/messages"? Where can I find those? > > I tried this by inserting a "while (1);" in close call. When APP calls > > close () call I found the kernel hangs for a while & immediately results > > in a crash. > > What is the reason for this? Is it the timer interrupt (ISR)that causes > > this? > > I have tried it on Uni-processor machine. Regards, Mukund Jampala -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
