From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: "P. Christeas" <p_christ@hol.gr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: lsmod ipv6 on -test9 shows many refs, lockd
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:10:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031104151042.7b3f55cb.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200311041814.24731.p_christ@hol.gr>
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:14:24 +0200
"P. Christeas" <p_christ@hol.gr> wrote:
> Question: is it normal for ipv6 module to have many refs while there is few
> ipv6 connections ?
> My system is up for 3 days now. I have been using ACPI sleep and _ifconfig to
> alter the ip address_.
> lsmod gives:
> ipv6 235904 34
> and lsof -i6 only shows two ports listening on ipv6.
> Even when I close all tcp (including v4) sockets, ipv6 still has around 10
> refs in lsmod.
This is normal, ipv6 is not safe to unload as a module and therefore
the module reference count is always positive to prevent rmmod ipv6
from succeeding.
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