Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758986AbXIZPhw (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:37:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750969AbXIZPho (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:37:44 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:46126 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750863AbXIZPhn (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:37:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:37:05 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: "Jan Beulich" Cc: , Subject: Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed Message-ID: <20070926083705.6bc65ea5@fujitsu-loaner> In-Reply-To: <46FA2C17.76E4.0078.0@novell.com> References: <46FA2C17.76E4.0078.0@novell.com> Organization: Linux Foundation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 675 Lines: 18 On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:53:27 +0100 "Jan Beulich" wrote: > Otherwise 'modprobe -r' on a module having a dependency on bridge will > implicitly unload bridge, bringing down all connectivity that was > using bridges. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich > No, network devices don't do reference counting. What is the dependency? Where is the source of the module interacting with the bridge? - 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/