Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:55:36 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: why network devices don't do reference counting? (Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed) |
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On Sep 27 2007 07:51, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > >You need every socket to close and all routes to go away including the >routes through loopback device, and still there probably are control >sockets buried inside ipv6 that hold ref count. > >IMHO the kernel should just admit that IPV6 can't be removed.
I cannot accept that. If ipv6.ko has a way to tack ipv6 structs onto all sockets, interfaces and addresses, it should also be able to untack it again. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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