From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: apollon@noc.grnet.gr
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] X.25: decrement netdev reference counts on unload
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:55:02 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101208.105502.70203613.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101207194330.GA22608@noc.grnet.gr>
From: Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apollon@noc.grnet.gr>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:43:30 +0200
> x25 does not decrement the network device reference counts on module unload.
> Thus unregistering any pre-existing interface after unloading the x25 module
> hangs and results in
>
> unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap0 to become free. Usage count = 1
>
> This patch decrements the reference counts of all interfaces in x25_link_free,
> the way it is already done in x25_link_device_down for NETDEV_DOWN events.
>
> Signed-off-by: Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apollon@noc.grnet.gr>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-08 18:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-07 19:43 [PATCH] X.25: decrement netdev reference counts on unload Apollon Oikonomopoulos
2010-12-07 22:48 ` Andrew Hendry
2010-12-08 18:55 ` David Miller [this message]
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