On 2011-09-15 22:20:03 (+0800), Parmenides <[email protected]> wrote:
>    I will try to test how to create kernel threads and have write a
> kernel module which creates a number of kernel threads running the
> same function. But the results is somewhat confusing.
> 
>       static int kthread_init(void)
>       {
>            int i;
> 
>            for (i = 0; i < MAX_KTHREAD; i++){
>                 ktask[i] = kthread_run(my_kthread, &i, "mythread[%d]", i);
>            }
>            return 0;
>       }

You're passing the address of a stack variable (i) as data pointer.
That's not right, because as soon as you exit the kthread_init function
the data may be overwritten.

The fact that it works in some cases is pure coincidence.

Regards,
Kristof


_______________________________________________
Kernelnewbies mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Reply via email to