Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:10:42 -0800 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: lsmod ipv6 on -test9 shows many refs, lockd |
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:14:24 +0200 "P. Christeas" <p_christ@hol.gr> wrote:
> Question: is it normal for ipv6 module to have many refs while there is few > ipv6 connections ? > My system is up for 3 days now. I have been using ACPI sleep and _ifconfig to > alter the ip address_. > lsmod gives: > ipv6 235904 34 > and lsof -i6 only shows two ports listening on ipv6. > Even when I close all tcp (including v4) sockets, ipv6 still has around 10 > refs in lsmod.
This is normal, ipv6 is not safe to unload as a module and therefore the module reference count is always positive to prevent rmmod ipv6 from succeeding.
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