From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270872AbTGQVV5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:21:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271029AbTGQVV5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:21:57 -0400 Received: from [213.13.155.14] ([213.13.155.14]:35346 "EHLO zmail.pt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270872AbTGQVV4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:21:56 -0400 Subject: Re: SET_MODULE_OWNER From: Ricardo Bugalho To: davem@redhat.com Cc: Jeff Garzik , schlicht@uni-mannheim.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030717125942.7fab1141.davem@redhat.com> References: <1058446580.18647.11.camel@ezquiel.nara.homeip.net> <3F16C190.3080205@pobox.com> <200307171756.19826.schlicht@uni-mannheim.de> <3F16C83A.2010303@pobox.com> <20030717125942.7fab1141.davem@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1058477803.754.11.camel@ezquiel.nara.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Date: 17 Jul 2003 22:36:43 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-Sender: ricardo.b@zmail.pt X-Spam-Processed: zmail.pt, Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:43:19 +0100 (not processed: spam filter disabled) X-Return-Path: ricardo.b@zmail.pt X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: ricardo.b@zmail.pt Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 20:59, David S. Miller wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:00:58 -0400 > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > David? Does Rusty have a plan here or something? > > It just works how it works and that's it. > > Net devices are reference counted, anything more is superfluous. > They may be yanked out of the kernel whenever you want. Just noticed it: I can't unload the module even after bringing the interface down. In either case, modprobe hangs and I start getting this message in syslog: Jul 17 21:50:44 ezquiel kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = -4 Can't shutdown the system either. Init hangs waiting for modprobe to die. -- Ricardo