"Cestonaro, Thilo \(external\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm a developer for Fujitsu Siemens Computers, working on a program which has > it's own kernel modules and userland components. > Now cause the program should be released we have done some testing and during > this testphase a wierd wasting of time occured > during the call of the ioctl() in the userland component and the actuall > entering of the dispatcher function in the module. > It takes 3 min. until the call at last enters my dispatcher. Something else is holding the big kernel lock for that long. Most likely it's your own code. Consider using a ->unlocked_ioctl -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
