[lxc-devel] Strange log Message

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 02/22/2013 09:00 AM, Ducos Laurent wrote:
> Le 18/02/2013 09:44, Ducos Laurent a écrit :
>> Hello
>> I found this message many times on my server since I activated lxc
>> 8425 Time(s): unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1
>>
>>
>> Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200
>> RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array G6 controllers
>> 3.5.0-17-generic
>> Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31220 @ 3.10GHz
>> Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
>>
>>
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> Error message disappeared when updating to kernel 3.5.0-24

This message is a kernel bug because a refcount has not been released in
the network stack.
That happens sometime and the fix is in the kernel not in lxc.

This is cool this bug has been fixed with a kernel update.

Thanks for reporting

  -- Daniel