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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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Subject: [Bluez-users] Re: bnep and refcnt
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Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 01:27:31 +0100

Hi Wim,

> after browsing the Linux 2.6 code there is a remark in net/core/dev.c that 
> state what the problem with the following message that I get is 
> 
> unregister_netdevice: waiting for bnep0 to become free. Usage count = 6
> 
> The comment with the function in dev.c states that this error is caused by 
> buggy protocols that should unregister after receiving notification that the 
> devices they are using has been unregistered.  They should call 
> unregister_netdev which decreases the refcnt.

looks like we need a more detailed audit for the BNEP module and some of
the 2.6 changes in the network device layer.

Regards

Marcel




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