Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233]:24896 "EHLO mgw-mx06.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752397AbYAXLIf (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:08:35 -0500 To: Michael Buesch Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg , Michael Wu , John Linville Subject: Re: mac80211 does seem to have a netdev refcount bug References: <200801241148.25456.mb@bu3sch.de> From: Kalle Valo Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:07:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200801241148.25456.mb@bu3sch.de> (ext Michael Buesch's message of "Thu\, 24 Jan 2008 11\:48\:25 +0100") Message-ID: <87ejc7a3dw.fsf@nokia.com> (sfid-20080124_110839_013596_C433B08B) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Michael Buesch writes: > There seems to be a netdevice refcounting (freeing) bug in mac80211. > I frequently see the "waiting for netdev to become free, refcount = 1" > message on rmmod. I don't remember the message text exactly, but I think you > know what I mean. Most probably it's this one: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9778 There was a discussion on netdev about this. Not a mac80211 bug AFAIK. -- Kalle Valo