Hello again, Thank you very much for all your help with kernel threads, I have now developed a couple of test modules which use them and feel like I start to understand them. However, there is one thing I have yet to figure out how to solve "properly".
I am working on a module that communicates with userspace using Netlink in a separate thread. The way I have designed the module I want to use a blocking call (skb_recv_datagram) to receive the packets. The problem comes when I want to kill this thread. Currently, I signal it using send_sig, but compared to the kthread_*-functions this seems a bit "dirty". My questions are: - Is it ok to kill a thread using signals? - After reading up on kthread_stop, I now see that it does not send a signal. Are there any other kthread_* or similar functions which does this, or will at least unblock the thread? - Are there any other, recommended ways of killing threads containing blocking calls? Thanks for any help, Kristian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecar...@nl.linux.org Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
