Re: Request backport of 'ipv6: addrconf: fix dev refcont leak when DAD failed ' to linux-4.4.y

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On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 07:27:35PM +0000, Steven Schlansker wrote:
> Hi linux-stable,
> 
> This is a request to backport
> 
> 751eb6b6 ipv6: addrconf: fix dev refcont leak when DAD failed
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/751eb6b6042a596b0080967c1a529a9fe98dac1d
> 
> to linux-stable 4.4.y branch.
> It has already been applied to stable master, and 4.7.y, but not longterm 4.4.y
> 
> We often (1+/week) run into hosts hanging with errors like
> 
> [1637669.684652] unregister_netdevice: waiting for veth26dc718 to become free. Usage count = 1
> [1637679.864366] unregister_netdevice: waiting for veth26dc718 to become free. Usage count = 1
> 
> and have been told that this patch likely fixes the problem.

It's already in the 4.4.22 stable release, are you not already using
that release?

confused,

greg k-h
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