From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935597AbYEBQqY (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 12:46:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934799AbYEBQpi (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 12:45:38 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:37648 "EHLO fmmailgate01.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764382AbYEBQpg (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 12:45:36 -0400 Message-ID: <000701c8ac73$f01d55d0$6400a8c0@bui.materna.com> From: "Roland" To: "Soeren Sonnenburg" Cc: , , "\"Andrew Morton\"" References: <005801c8ac37$55e3cb70$6400a8c0@bui.materna.com> <1209743832.22773.19.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: 24rc8: unregister_netdevice: waiting for ... to become free Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 18:45:32 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19OOR68RG9+UOHV89PGJ33FmLIcWBA5BX4a+v/r q3Gc7/ronfvnu1cBaHW7gzjaGzypnZPOyyrY4XYf4y2WUivWtO xkwwQseR8= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org i have tried with tun/tap0 device (modprobe tun, tunctl, ifconfig tap0 1.2.3.4 up, modprobe -r tun - but i only saw that message twice when remove tun module - and the message went away very soon. i`m curious, but i cannot even reproduce that at the moment..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Soeren Sonnenburg" To: "Roland" Cc: ; ; ""Andrew Morton"" Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 5:57 PM Subject: Re: 24rc8: unregister_netdevice: waiting for ... to become free > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 11:31 +0200, Roland wrote: >> >I am not exactly sure which kernel version Roland (?) is/was using but >> >from what I can tell this bug is fixed since 2.6.24 (at least). Well I >> >didn't see it with madwifi nor with the tun devices anymore on any of >> >the 24.X or 25rc's/25 ... >> >> pardon, 2.6.25-git17 in vmware > > could you test if this happens with other drivers like tun etc too? > Maybe the bug re-appeared (I didn't follow 2.6.26 development ...) > > Soeren > >> >; ; >> List: linux-kernel >> Subject: Re: 24rc8: unregister_netdevice: waiting for ... to become >> free. >> From: Soeren Sonnenburg >> Date: 2008-05-02 6:15:43 >> Message-ID: 1209708943.23075.52.camel () localhost >> [Download message RAW] >> >> On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 22:59 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >> > On Fri, 2 May 2008 03:26:28 +0200 "Roland" wrote: >> > >> > > i`m also seeing this one, but with pcnet32 - "modprobe -r pcnet32" >> > > never >> > > returns and >> > > >> > > "unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = >> > > 1" >> > > >> > > being printed over and over again >> > > >> > > lsmod |grep pcnet32 shows >> > > >> > > pcnet32 35828 0 >> > > mii 9344 1 pcnet32 >> > > >> > > i see stale ssh connection on port 22 and sshd for that session >> > > remains >> > > unkillable process. >> > > >> > >> > here a bug >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > List: linux-kernel >> > > Subject: Re: 24rc8: unregister_netdevice: waiting for ... to >> > > become >> > > free. >> > > From: Soeren Sonnenburg >> > > Date: 2008-01-29 8:59:10 >> > > Message-ID: 1201597150.4973.10.camel () localhost >> > > [Download message RAW] >> > > >> > > On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 22:44 -0800, David Miller wrote: >> > > > From: Soeren Sonnenburg >> > > > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:42:21 +0100 >> > > > >> > > > > Dear all, >> > > > > >> > > > > since some 2.6.24rc version I suddenly experience such messages >> > > > > on >> > > > > console when trying to shutdown a vpn connection: >> > > > > >> > > > > unregister_netdevice: waiting for tun0 to become free. Usage >> > > > > count = >> > > > > 1 >> > > > > >> > > > > or when removing an usb wlan dongle (although it was ifconfig >> > > > > wlan0 >> > > > > down'd before) >> > > > >> > > > Current GIT already has a fix for this, attached below: >> > > >> > > hmmhhh, I am still seeing this problem on 2.6.24 with at least with >> > > the >> > > madwifi driver... >> > > >> > > Soeren >> > >> > there a bug. >> > >> > >> > Let's cc netdev@vger.kernel.org - linux-net is dead, afaik. >> > >> > Thanks for reporting all these bugs but please do take much mure care >> > over >> > the cc's. Be sure to cc every party who was cc'ed on the email to >> > which >> > you're replying. I restored Soeren. >> >> I am not exactly sure which kernel version Roland (?) is/was using but >> from what I can tell this bug is fixed since 2.6.24 (at least). Well I >> didn't see it with madwifi nor with the tun devices anymore on any of >> the 24.X or 25rc's/25 ... >> >> Soeren >>