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.
Bye,
Hannes
