I've managed to rmmov the "used" pfring.ko by removing first the ixgbe.ko and igb.ko drivers. Not sure how its related (since no process really uses pf_ring) but currently its good enough for me.
Thanks On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Alfredo Cardigliano <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Amir > you are "trying to replace the igb.ko" with? > Please send us the output from dmesg. > > Alfredo > > 2017-07-10 13:22 GMT+02:00 Amir Kaduri <[email protected]>: > >> No, not using ZC. But if it could be a reason and maybe I'm doing >> something wrong during load, how can I check about zc? >> Anyway, the background for this issue is that I'm trying to replace the >> igb.ko during machine installation and I'm trying to overcome the special >> situation that its used by the management interface. >> To debug the situation, I fiddle with the machine so I'm not sure what >> exactly brought me to the situation described above, so I probably >> interested in a tweak (just to remove the pf_ring module) rather than a >> proper solution. >> >> Amir >> >> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Alfredo Cardigliano < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Amir >>> did you load a ZC driver perhaps? >>> >>> Alfredo >>> >>> 2017-07-10 11:00 GMT+02:00 Amir Kaduri <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> OS CentOS 7 >>>> pf_ring version: 6.6.0 >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Amir Kaduri <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm in a situation where I try to remove the pf_ring kernel module. >>>>> "rmmod pf_ring" gives "rmmod: ERROR: Module pf_ring is in use" >>>>> "lsmod | grep pf_ring" gives "pf_ring 1234009 20" >>>>> In this case, I try to find which process uses pf_ring, in order to >>>>> stop/kill it. >>>>> I run "ls -l /proc/net/pf_ring/" to hopefully get the list of >>>>> process-ids of the relevant processes. The problem is that the list gives >>>>> only "dev" (subdir) "info" (file) and "stats" (subdir). There are no files >>>>> like (for example) "/proc/net/pf_ring/12345-eth0.23" that can give me >>>>> an indication who uses the pf_ring kernel module. >>>>> Any advice on how can I force removing it or at least know who uses it? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Amir >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ntop-misc mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ntop-misc mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ntop-misc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc >
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