When host is under high stress, it is very possible thread
running netdev_wait_allrefs() returns from msleep(250)
10 seconds late.
This leads to these messages in the syslog :
[...] unregister_netdevice: waiting for syz_tun to become free. Usage count = 0
If the device refcount is zero, the wait is over.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@googlegroups.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
refcnt = netdev_refcnt_read(dev);
- if (time_after(jiffies, warning_time + 10 * HZ)) {
+ if (refcnt && time_after(jiffies, warning_time + 10 * HZ)) {
pr_emerg("unregister_netdevice: waiting for %s to become free. Usage count = %d\n",
dev->name, refcnt);
warning_time = jiffies;