Bonding device can not be released with "unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2" message

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Issue

  • Bonding device can not be released following messages.
unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2
unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2
unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3

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