unregister_netdevice, usage count = 0

[Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For one reason or another, when trying to unload the e1000 NAPI'fied
drive from 2.4.20-pre7, I see this error repeatedly:

unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth2 to become free. Usage count = 0

So, I'm wondering if the code in dev.c, line 2688:


        now = warning_time = jiffies;
        while (atomic_read(&dev->refcnt) != 1) {
                if ((jiffies - now) > 1*HZ) {
                        /* Rebroadcast unregister notification */
                        notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_UNREGISTER, 
dev);
                }
                current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
                schedule_timeout(HZ/4);
                current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
                if ((jiffies - warning_time) > 10*HZ) {
                        printk(KERN_EMERG "unregister_netdevice: waiting for %s to 
"
                                        "become free. Usage count = %d\n",
                                        dev->name, atomic_read(&dev->refcnt));
                        warning_time = jiffies;
                }
        }
        dev_put(dev);

Should be like this instead:

        while (atomic_read(&dev->refcnt) > 1) {


Now, off to see if I can track down the real problem...

Ben



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