Andrew Morton wrote:
> - On the unregister/removal path, the netdevice layer ensures that
> the interface is removed from the kernel namespace prior to launching
> `/sbin/hotplug net unregister eth0'.
>
> This means that when handling netdevice unregistration
> /sbin/hotplug cannot and must not attempt to do anything with eth0!
> Generally it'll fail to find an interface with this name. If it does
> find eth0, it'll be the wrong one due to a race.
This is not a bug. 'unregister eth0' says to userspace "eth0 just
disappeared."
Read my previous messages on the subject: Add events like NETDEV_UP,
NETDEV_DOWN, and NETDEV_GOING_DOWN to netdev_event_names[] if you want
to call /sbin/hotplug for other netdev events.
Jeff
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