linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed

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Message-ID: <20070926083705.6bc65ea5@fujitsu-loaner>
Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:37:05 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	<bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are
 created/destroyed

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:53:27 +0100
"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com> wrote:

> Otherwise 'modprobe -r' on a module having a dependency on bridge will
> implicitly unload bridge, bringing down all connectivity that was
> using bridges.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
>

No, network devices don't do reference counting.
What is the dependency? Where is the source of the module interacting
with the  bridge?
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