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Message-ID: <20090515071946.GA15669@night.netis.ru>
Date:	Fri, 15 May 2009 11:19:46 +0400
From:	"Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav@...is.ru>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.29.1: unregister_netdevice problem

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 02:46:41PM +0200, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:35:59AM +0400, Alexander V. Lukyanov wrote:
> > On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 10:46:28AM +0000, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> > > I can't see anything suspicious for now, except these UDP and TCP
> > > warnings. Did you see similar messages with 2.6.27? Btw., could this
> > 
> > Yes. Such messages show up with any kernel version.
> > 
> > > eth0.987 be "connected" with any of this traffic? (IP# ?)
> > 
> > No, eth0.987 is only used for traffic output.
> > 
> > BTW, it seems that only actively used vlan interfaces have the problem
> > (even when the traffic stops). Other vlan interfaces with little traffic
> > can be removed with no problems.
> 
> OK, I'll try to look around this, but how about trying 2.6.28.10 in
> the meantime? It could limit "a bit" the number of places/lines.

Looks like 2.6.28.10 does not have this refcnt problem. Also, after I have
reversed net/ipv4/route.c changes from 2.6.29, the problem does not occur either.

-- 
   Alexander..
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