From: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 12:24:55 +0200
> Wed, May 04, 2016 at 12:23:42PM CEST, han...@stressinduktion.org wrote:
>>Hello Jiri,
>>
>>On Wed, May 4, 2016, at 12:20, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>> drivers/net/vrf.c | 7 +++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
>>> index 8a8f1e5..b217c2d 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
>>> @@ -839,7 +839,14 @@ error:
>>> return rc;
>>> }
>>>
>>> +static void __exit vrf_exit_module(void)
>>> +{
>>> + rtnl_link_unregister(&vrf_link_ops);
>>> + unregister_netdevice_notifier(&vrf_notifier_block);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> module_init(vrf_init_module);
>>> +module_exit(vrf_exit_module);
>>
>>The dst_entries created by vrf don't carry a reference to THIS_MODULE
>>but have a code dependency to the vrf module (e.g. via
>>vrf_output/vrf_output6) that gets published. This is exactly the same
>>why ipv6 cannot be unloaded.
>
> Oh. Okay. Thanks!
So I'm dropping this.
