netdev - Re: [PATCH] net_namespace: fixed net

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Date:   Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:39:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jojy.varghese@...il.com
Cc:     eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_namespace: fixed net_device reference leak

From: Jojy Varghese <jojy.varghese@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 17:35:08 -0700

> -  "dst-ifdown"  does not look correct since it will never release
> reference to loopback device.

The routes and packets in the namespace are purged and disappear when
the namespace goes down, and that's how all of the references to the
loopback device are decremented.

Nothing dst_ifdown() does looks wrong, we are quite sure the problem
is elsewhere.