linux-kernel - [PATCH] [70/139] x25: decrement netdev reference counts on unload

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Date:	Tue,  1 Feb 2011 16:44:27 -0800 (PST)
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	apollon@....grnet.gr, davem@...emloft.net, gregkh@...e.de,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [70/139] x25: decrement netdev reference counts on unload

2.6.35-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apollon@....grnet.gr>

[ Upstream commit 171995e5d82dcc92bea37a7d2a2ecc21068a0f19]

x25 does not decrement the network device reference counts on module unload.
Thus unregistering any pre-existing interface after unloading the x25 module
hangs and results in

 unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap0 to become free. Usage count = 1

This patch decrements the reference counts of all interfaces in x25_link_free,
the way it is already done in x25_link_device_down for NETDEV_DOWN events.

Signed-off-by: Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apollon@....grnet.gr>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

---
 net/x25/x25_link.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/net/x25/x25_link.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/net/x25/x25_link.c
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/net/x25/x25_link.c
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ void __exit x25_link_free(void)
 	list_for_each_safe(entry, tmp, &x25_neigh_list) {
 		nb = list_entry(entry, struct x25_neigh, node);
 		__x25_remove_neigh(nb);
+		dev_put(nb->dev);
 	}
 	write_unlock_bh(&x25_neigh_list_lock);
 }
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