From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20110429.011051.183061494.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4DBA830A020000780003ED5D@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20110429.002530.112581952.davem@davemloft.net> <4DBA87B6020000780003ED74@vpn.id2.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@linux-foundation.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, jeffm@suse.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: JBeulich@novell.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:46029 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751510Ab1D2ILY (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:11:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DBA87B6020000780003ED74@vpn.id2.novell.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Jan Beulich" Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:41:10 +0100 > You talk of rmmod on the very module, but the issue is about > modprobe -r on a dependent module. I cannot believe you consider > it correct that *implicit* unloading of bridge.ko should happen when > bridges are configured. Which module in particular depends upon bridge and causes the problem?