netdev - Re: netxen_nic: unregister

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 12:12:15 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	WeipingPan <panweiping3@...il.com>,
	"open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: netxen_nic: unregister_netdevice error

Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:48:46AM CEST, eric.dumazet@...il.com wrote:
>Le mardi 31 mai 2011 à 17:21 +0800, WeipingPan a écrit :
>> On 05/31/2011 02:15 PM, WeipingPan wrote:
>> > hi,
>> >
>> > When test bonding broadcast mode I met a problem.
>> > modprobe -r bonding will fail after I ping broadcast address.
>> >
>> > I find that the problem only shows up when I use netxen_nic driver.
>> > When use ixgbe and bn2x2 driver, no problem occurs.
>> >
>> > I use RHEL 6.2, kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.i686,
>> > Can anybody confirm this bug using 2.6.39 or upstream ?
>> >
>> > many thanks
>> > Weiping Pan
>> >
>> I got a machine to test the 
>> upstream,55922c9d1b84b89cb946c777fddccb3247e7df2c
>> the problem disappears.
>> 
>> many thanks
>> Weiping Pan
>
>Might be solved by commit fc75fc8339e772716744 or 
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>commit 332dd96f7ac15e937088fe11f15c (net/dst: dst_dev_event() called
>after other notifiers) and commit ef885afbf8a37689 ((net: use
>rcu_barrier() inrollback_registered_many)

Thanks, for suggestions Eric. We'll try those.

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