> i am putting a printk() on link_path_walk() kernel function ( the pathname > resolution function). i access that printk() only at some special condition > (like if pathname passed to link_path_walk() matches with some name) . but > when it gets hit like when i pass pathname via unlink(2) , lots of messages > are written to dmesg ( or /var/log/messages) . i could not understand why > these lots of messages are being written ? (i was hoping for only one > message) Try to printout the name of the process on behalf of which the kernel runs link_path_walk using current->comm. Then filter out the printks done by your application. thanks, Daniel. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies