From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Cc: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>, netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: unregister_netdev Annoyance WAS(Re: ing_filter debug messages
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:13:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050102121349.GA27022@outpost.ds9a.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1104511697.1048.308.camel@jzny.localdomain>
> > However, the unregister_netdev problem still persists.
>
> I am pretty sure its a different problem. Quick scan shows the
> register/unregister state machine may be at fault.
This is a separate and known problem - see 'Re: Major deadlock:
unregister_netdevice: waiting for <device> to become free. Usage count = 1'
by Peter Bieringer.
For some reason this issue has been widely ignored. I see it as well here
and it is the one reason I don't entirely trust 2.6.10 yet in production.
Thanks for looking into it Jamal!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-02 12:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-30 16:06 ing_filter debug messages Wichert Akkerman
2004-12-31 5:07 ` jamal
2004-12-31 9:38 ` Wichert Akkerman
2004-12-31 11:11 ` jamal
2004-12-31 11:15 ` Wichert Akkerman
2004-12-31 13:15 ` Wichert Akkerman
2004-12-31 15:03 ` jamal
2004-12-31 15:10 ` jamal
2004-12-31 15:48 ` Wichert Akkerman
2004-12-31 16:48 ` unregister_netdev Annoyance WAS(Re: " jamal
2004-12-31 18:24 ` Andre Tomt
2005-01-02 12:13 ` bert hubert [this message]
2005-01-03 14:50 ` jamal
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