[Bridge] unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap_0 to become free. Usage count = 2

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:17:46 -0500
"Christopher S. Aker" <caker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm using tap devices connected to bridge, and I've been seeing these messages on
> my 2.6 hosts during a script which brings down the interface and then back up.
> 
> unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap_0 to become free. Usage count = 2
> 
> Does this look like a refcount leak, and if so, I'm assuming it's in the tuntap
> code and I'm barking up the wrong tree :)

Since the tuntap device has an api in user space. Probably means you still have
an application with the tun tap device open.  It can't complete unregister until
the application closes the file.


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