On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:36:31AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:45:21 +0300 > Dan Aloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:58:40AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > Kenji Kaneshige found this race between device removal and > > > registration. On unregister it is possible for the old device to > > > exist, because sysfs file is still open. A new device with 'eth%d' > > > will select the same name, but sysfs kobject register will fial. > > > > > > The following changes the shutdown order slightly. It hold a removes the > > > sysfs > > > entries earlier (on unregister_netdevice), but holds a kobject reference. > > > Then when todo runs the actual last put free happens. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > That patch breaks the bonding driver. After reverting it I avoid this crash: > > >[..] > > > > I assume this happens when bonded slave device is removed?
Yes, it's just a simple removal via sysfs. > Which kernel version? 2.6.21.5 -- Dan Aloni XIV LTD, http://www.xivstorage.com da-x (at) monatomic.org, dan (at) xiv.co.il - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
