Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: linux-ipsec: Re: valid module function pointer? | Date | Sat, 18 Sep 1999 00:17:50 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > No. You need to ensure it isnt unloaded on you. Look at the network device > > notifier > > Ok, where do I start looking for this? I've never heard of it. I had > in mind something like incrementing its module reference count...
When an interfaceis ifconfigged up or down a message is set to the network device notifier, so that protocol stacks can flush references or re-establish them..
Read net/bridge/br.c - that uses the network device notifier. Its in all kernels from 2.0 up
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