linux-kernel - Re: 'rmmod -f ipv6': BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request

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Message-Id: <20130704.142951.1908678475285188106.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:29:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	linus.luessing@....de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 'rmmod -f ipv6': BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request

From: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@....de>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 23:04:34 +0200

> When trying to perform a forceful unload of an ipv6 kernel module
> on a 3.10 kernel then I'm getting a kernel panic with the attached
> trace.
> 
> Is this supposed to happen due to the '-f' option or is this a bug
> in the ipv6 code?

The ipv6 module is not capable of being unloaded, sorry.

By using "-f" you are taking your own risk in the matter.
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