Thread (9 messages) 9 messages, 3 authors, 2003-10-21
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[PATCH] tun driver not cleaning up on module remove

From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2003-08-07 22:45:24

This should fix module unload issues with tun driver in 2.6-test2.
Driver was not cleaning up it's devices on module exit.

diff -Nru a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c	Thu Aug  7 15:41:10 2003
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c	Thu Aug  7 15:41:10 2003
@@ -605,7 +605,18 @@
 
 void tun_cleanup(void)
 {
+	struct net_device *dev, *nxt;
+
 	misc_deregister(&tun_miscdev);  
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	for (dev = dev_base; dev; dev = nxt) {
+		nxt = dev->next;
+		if (dev->init == tun_net_init) 
+			unregister_netdevice(dev);
+	}
+	rtnl_unlock();
+	
 }
 
 module_init(tun_init);
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