>daemonize() makes calls that are all protected with the
>big kernel lock in do_exit(). All usages of daemonize have
>the big kernel lock held. So I guess it just needs it.
>
>Please let me know whether you have success if it makes
>a difference with having it held.
With a bit more experiments, I have this behaviour:
(I hold the kerne lock, daemonize(), and release the kernel lock, then do
my probe thing which takes a few seconds, and let the thread die by itself)
- When started during boot (low PID (9)) It becomes a zombie
- When started from a process that quits after sending the ioctl,
it is correctly "garbage collected".
- When started from a process that stays around, it becomes a zombie too
So something is not working, or I'm missing something obvious, or whatever...
Any clue ?
Ben.
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