Return-path: Received: from vs166246.vserver.de ([62.75.166.246]:60249 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753150AbYAXKuA (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0500 From: Michael Buesch To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: mac80211 does seem to have a netdev refcount bug Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:48:25 +0100 Cc: Johannes Berg , Michael Wu , John Linville MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200801241148.25456.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20080124_105006_255479_E3E01AF7) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. Is there any way I can debug this and find out who is leaking the resource? -- Greetings Michael.