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From: Misbah khan <misbah_khan@engineer.com>
To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Problem faced while using workqueue in the character driver.
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:35:44 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <11737447.post@talk.nabble.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46A0EE6B.3000904@ovro.caltech.edu>


hi David

Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it from the heart.

The problem is solved now ,Actually I was using a kernel timer in open call
(to run for the first time which ever application would open it and deleting
the timer for the last exit ) to simulate for an Interrupt in the same
driver. There i did mistake in the implimentation in the logic and as a
consiquence of which it was crashing the system and not because of the
workqueue.

thanks 
misbah

David Hawkins-3 wrote:
> 
> Hi Misbah,
> 
>> I am working on a character driver for FPGA, in which i am using a
>> blocked
>> read call on workqueue. The read call will be unblocked by the Interrupt
>> from the Fpga to PPC Cpu.
>> 
>> The problem is that if the process is in blocked mode and then an
>> Interrupt
>> occurs the system gives kernel Panic where as it get unblocked and start
>> reading the data but very soon it gets crashed.
>> 
>> Please send me your suggessins regarding the mentioned problem.
> 
> Er, without seeing the code, its a bit difficult to suggest
> anything.
> 
> Perhaps you are using work-queues incorrectly?
> 
> Take a look at:
> 
> simple_work_queue.c
> 
> In the tar-ball
> 
> http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/software/driver_design.tar.gz
> 
> Which is described in:
> 
> http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/LNX-723-Hawkins.pdf
> 
> There's also a more complex 'COBRA driver' here:
> 
> http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/cobra_docs.html
> 
> Having an example of a working driver that uses work-queues
> might help you.
> 
> Dave
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> 

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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-20 10:40 Problem faced while using workqueue in the character driver Misbah khan
2007-07-20 17:18 ` David Hawkins
2007-07-23  3:35   ` Misbah khan [this message]

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