> > When I create a thread (in a kernel-module) with
> > kernel_thread(FUNC,NULL,0), it remains a zombie when the function FUNC
> > returns. (Kernel version 2.2.6)
>
> Hi. I had the same problem when trying to create a thread while
> in_interrupt(). This is not a safe operation. Make sure you are calling
> kernel_thread() during process-context.
Well, I was calling it from within an other kernel_thread, so this should
be safe. After some digging in the kmod-code I found that they used the
syscall "waitpid" to do this, and after some directed trial-and-error I
was able to get "waitpid" to recognise and clean-up the children.
Kernel-mode httpd just couldn't work long without this :-)
Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven
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