Re: Cannot remove network module

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:25:56 +1000
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:

> Milan P. Stanic <mps@rns-nis.co.yu> wrote:
> > 
> > Downloaded, applied, compiled. With CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY=y to test it.
> > Now I can unload net_driver modules but kernel still prints two
> > messages:
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap0 to become free. Usage count = 2
> > unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap0 to become free. Usage count = 2
> 
> This is normal.

If they persist and prevent module unload, no it is not normal.

I suspect there is something seriously screwed with netdev
reference counts wrt. ipv6 in both 2.5.x and the ipsec 2.4.x
backport.  And this is a symptom of it.
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