Hi On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Mark Ryden <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > The following module creates a UDP kernel socket which calls sock_recvms. > after insmoding the module , > netstat -nl | grep 4000 shows that indeed a socket was created and that it > listens on port 4000. > However, after running rmmod on the module, it does **not** close the socket. > netstat -nl | grep 4000 shows that it **does** exist; the "rmmod" > itself hangs, and > there are no kernel messages. > Any ideas?
I think you should periodically call kthread_should_stop() in your kernel thread function ( I realize this after browsing lxr.linux.no for a while). And if it's true (I guess), you should call exit() to end your thread function. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
