Messages in this thread | | | From | "Roland" <> | Subject | Re: 24rc8: unregister_netdevice: waiting for ... to become free | Date | Fri, 2 May 2008 18:45:32 +0200 |
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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" <kernel@nn7.de> To: "Roland" <devzero@web.de> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; <netdev@vger.kernel.org>; ""Andrew Morton"" <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 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 > >> >; <netdev@vger.kernel.org>; >> List: linux-kernel >> Subject: Re: 24rc8: unregister_netdevice: waiting for ... to become >> free. >> From: Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel () nn7 ! de> >> 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" <devzero@web.de> 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 <kernel () nn7 ! de> >> > > 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 <kernel@nn7.de> >> > > > 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 >>
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