From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754750AbbIXWP6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:15:58 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:54570 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753152AbbIXWP4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:15:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:15:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20150924.151554.619662567057050978.davem@davemloft.net> To: andrew@lunn.ch Cc: linux@arm.linux.org.uk, f.fainelli@gmail.com, thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, sgoutham@cavium.com, rric@kernel.org, frowand.list@gmail.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, michal.simek@xilinx.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com, isubramanian@apm.com, grant.likely@linaro.org, leoli@freescale.com, kchudgar@apm.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] Phy, mdiobus, and netdev struct device fixes From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20150924215731.GE20825@lunn.ch> References: <20150924191754.GC21513@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20150924215731.GE20825@lunn.ch> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:15:55 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andrew Lunn Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:57:31 +0200 > I built the FEC driver as a module, and it won't unload: > > kernel:unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth1 to become free. Usage count = 1 > unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth1 to become free. Usage count = 1 > > i assume because DSA holds a reference. I've not tried a fully module > build, DSA has issues with that. > > Tested-by: Andrew Lunn So, is this a regression? Please don't provide a "Tested-by: " tag is you encounter a new problem which could have been introduced by the changes in question. That _REALLY_ screws everything up for me. Thank.