ETDEV_GOING_DOWN completely and only do that once we get the NETDEV_DOWN ... mostrows: pppoe_flush_dev is called on NETDEV_GOING_DOWN and NETDEV_DOWN to deal with this "late connect" issue. Ideally one would hope to notify users at the "NETDEV_GOING_DOWN" phase (just to pretend to be nice). However, it is the NETDEV_DOWN scan that takes all the responsibility for ensuring nobody is hanging around at that time. Signed-off-by: Florian Zumbiehl Acked-by: Michal Ostrowski Signed-off-by: David S. Miller