Hi, Sorry for the wrong patch in my last post. How about save the tsk then call kthread_stop like this:
diff -udr linux/fs/cifs/connect.c linux.new/fs/cifs/connect.c --- linux/fs/cifs/connect.c 2007-05-23 10:59:13.000000000 +0000 +++ linux.new/fs/cifs/connect.c 2007-05-23 16:33:54.000000000 +0000 @@ -2069,8 +2069,9 @@ srvTcp->tcpStatus = CifsExiting; spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock); if (srvTcp->tsk) { + struct task_struct * tsk = srvTcp->tsk; send_sig(SIGKILL,srvTcp->tsk,1); - kthread_stop(srvTcp->tsk); + kthread_stop(tsk); } } /* If find_unc succeeded then rc == 0 so we can not end */ Regards dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/