[ovs-dev] Unable to rmmod openvswitch kernel module

[Jesse Gross]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 8:39 PM, William Tu <u9012063 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Darrell,
>
> Thanks, however, it still doesn't work for me. On linux 4.3, modules that
> depends on openvswitch.ko are
> vport-gre
> vport-vxlan
> vport-geneve
> I've made sure they all unloaded, but my openvswitch.ko still shows "used
> by 4"
>
> [root at vm-dev ovs]# lsmod | grep vport
> [root at vm-dev ovs]# lsmod | grep openvswitch
> openvswitch           155648  4
> udp_tunnel             16384  1 openvswitch

I would try deleting the datapaths with ovs-dpctl del-dps to see if
that makes a difference. It shouldn't be necessary as long as you can
remove the dependent vport modules but it's worth seeing if it helps.