[Trac #288] wireless oops on rmmod.

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#288: wireless oops on rmmod.
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 Reporter:  dwmw2     |        Owner:  marcelo
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  closed 
 Priority:  high      |    Milestone:  BTest-2
Component:  wireless  |   Resolution:  fixed  
 Keywords:            |  
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Changes (by marcelo):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed

Comment:

 Oops caused by the fact that the net interface was unregistered _after_
 the device private
 data was freed.

 IOW there was a time window during which any driver code would capot
 accessing freed data, in this
 case it happened to be ethtool.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/288#comment:4>
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