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Subject: Re: Memory leaks with GRE Tunnels
In-Reply-To: <3C598DE3.8090405@somanetworks.com> <CHEKKPICCNOGICGMDODJKEHPGDAA.george@gator.com>
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:49:42 +0100
From: Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
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In article <CHEKKPICCNOGICGMDODJKEHPGDAA.george@gator.com> you write:
> I wonder if this also causes a different problem ... when using CIPE
> (which is a tunnel of a different sort) if I stop a tunnel, I can not
> restart it with the same cipe device number. I get a message that the
> device is in use.  I have to unload and reload the CIPE module to be
> able to use the device numbers configured in the config file. If I

I don't think this is the same problem. The code dealing with device
allocation in CIPE is not related at all to the in-kernel stuff, as
seen from my POV. Btw. you must have a weird bug, as this has always
worked perfectly enough for me. (Perhaps your detailed config would
help figure it out.)

Olaf

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