On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 23:43, Parmenides <mobile.parmenides@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2011/10/14 Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Is kernel preemption activated? Could you check for # grep >> CONFIG_PREEMPT .config? >> > > Yes. I really have not select CONFIG_PREEMPT option. Now, I turn it on > and things are ok. Thanks a lot. As you can easily derive, quite likely you didn't enable kernel level preemption before, and since kernel thread only operates in kernel mode and you made it just spinned there...so there you go..... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies