Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757001AbXI0Ozq (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:55:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755141AbXI0Ozi (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:55:38 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:52795 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753706AbXI0Ozh (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:55:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:55:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Stephen Hemminger cc: Helge Hafting , Oleg Verych , Jan Beulich , bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: why network devices don't do reference counting? (Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed) In-Reply-To: <20070927075102.4335a263@freepuppy.rosehill> Message-ID: References: <46FA2C17.76E4.0078.0@novell.com> <20070926083705.6bc65ea5@fujitsu-loaner> <20070926140608.6e6d3d0c@freepuppy.rosehill> <20070926153330.77aade4d@freepuppy.rosehill> <46FB99EF.4020806@aitel.hist.no> <20070927075102.4335a263@freepuppy.rosehill> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 706 Lines: 17 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/