Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:35:17 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: Eitan Shefi <eitans@mellanox.co.il>, Angelo Turetta <aturetta@bestunion.it>, Yony Yossef <yonyossef.lists@gmail.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLAN interface management - unloading carrying driver hangs the machine Message-ID: <49652E25.9030705@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0901071359w3f41465ajb8206cdef5b7b680@mail.gmail.com> References: <000001c970a8$3fa45240$220f000a@mtl.com> <4964C2E9.1060301@bestunion.it> <000001c970d9$4403e590$220f000a@mtl.com> <4964EC4F.8030507@freebsd.org> <2a41acea0901071359w3f41465ajb8206cdef5b7b680@mail.gmail.com>
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Jack Vogel wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org
> <mailto:sam@freebsd.org>> wrote:
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> Yony Yossef wrote:
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> Yony Yossef wrote:
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> /sbin/ifconfig vlan3653 create
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> Problem is when I assign an IP to the vlan interface.
> In that case, unloading the driver results in hanging
> the host.
> Does it sound familiar to anybody?
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>
> Well, surely I'd expect problems by doing so.
> The correct way is to
>
> /sbin/ifconfig vlan3653 destroy
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> before unloading the driver.
>
> Angelo.
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> Thanks, I didn't know freebsd does not allow it.
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> This seems wrong. Someone should disallow the driver
> detach/unload. Please file a PR about this so the issue is not lost.
>
> Sam
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> In many drivers, ahem, like mine, there is a test at detach and it
> will not allow it if there
> is a non-NULL trunk.
>
> Sounds like a broken driver needs to be fixed is all...
>
I don't agree; drivers should not be required to deal with this. If
someone files a PR and assigns it to me I'll look at it.
Sam
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