linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24 regression: reference count leak in PPPoE

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:14:32 +0100
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24 regression: reference count leak in PPPoE

Andi Kleen wrote:
> My workstation running 2.6.24-rc8 just hung during shutdown with an
> endless (or rather I didn't wait more than a few minutes) loop of
> 
> unregister_netdev: waiting for ppp-device to become free. Usage count = 1

Same as http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/20/27? See also follow-up to that.

Cheers,
FJP
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