Are IPV6 module ref counts wrong on 2.6.0-test11?

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Are IPV6 module ref counts wrong on 2.6.0-test11?

To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Are IPV6 module ref counts wrong on 2.6.0-test11?
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:03:09 -0800
Cc:	netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization:	Open Source Development Lab
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If I load IPV6 as a module, it comes up with a ref count of 10
even though there are no applications using IPV6.

Interesting /proc/net/sockstat6 shows 1 TCP connection, but there is
no application with that open.

This doesn't seem right, and it makes unloading IPV6 impossible.

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