Hi Linus, Obvious patch since daemonize() now does this stuff. Cheers, Stephen -- Stephen Rothwell, Open Source Researcher, Linuxcare, Inc. +61-2-62628990 tel, +61-2-62628991 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.linuxcare.com/ Linuxcare. Support for the revolution. diff -ruN 2.4.0-test11pre2/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c 2.4.0-test11pre2-sfr/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c --- 2.4.0-test11pre2/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c Wed Nov 1 09:36:12 2000 +++ 2.4.0-test11pre2-sfr/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c Fri Nov 10 13:20:28 2000 @@ -1422,9 +1422,6 @@ kapmd_running = 1; - exit_files(current); /* daemonize doesn't do exit_files */ - current->files = init_task.files; - atomic_inc(¤t->files->count); daemonize(); strcpy(current->comm, "kapm-idled"); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/