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Re: "new style" netdevice allocation patch for TUN driver (2.4.18 kernel

To: jajcus@xxxxxxx (Jacek Konieczny)
Subject: Re: "new style" netdevice allocation patch for TUN driver (2.4.18 kernel)
From: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:01:37 +0400 (MSD)
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20020801175204.GC17308@nic.nigdzie> from "Jacek Konieczny" at Aug 1, 2 07:52:06 pm
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Hello!

> but finally it is finished. On system shutdown, when all routes are
> removed, all interfaces downed and all processes killed the device will
> not be used any more and the device is freed.

I do not understand this. It is leak and we have to find who continues
to use the device.


> And even if there is a bug

Nope. The bug is the first, the cleanup is the second.

Alexey


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