When IPV6_PRIVACY is enabled, in ipv6_add_dev we have second extra
in6_dev_hold while preparing to call ipv6_regen_rndid, and only
one in6_dev_put call in addrconf_ifdown for inet6_dev devices with
active regen_timer.
That leaves inet6_dev with refcnt equals to 1 and blocks device unregistration:
"unregister_netdevice: waiting for usb0 to become free. Usage count = 1"
Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <redacted>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 1 -
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 2fc35b3..541f773 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -425,7 +425,6 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
dev->name);
ndev->cnf.use_tempaddr = -1;
} else {
- in6_dev_hold(ndev);
ipv6_regen_rndid((unsigned long) ndev);
}
#endif