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iflib: fix dangling device softc pointer

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iflib: fix dangling device softc pointer

Commit text by Jake:
If a driver's IFDI_ATTACH_PRE function fails, the iflib_device_register
function will free the ctx pointer. However, it does not reset the
device softc pointer to NULL.

This will result in memory corruption as a future access to the now
invalid pointer will corrupt memory that is later allocated on top of
the same memory location.

The iflib_device_deregister function correctly resets the softc pointer
by using device_set_softc().

This clears up the invalid dangling pointer and prevents memory
corruption that could lead to a panic or undefined behavior if the
device's driver failed to attach.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>

Submitted by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed by: erj@, gallatin@
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21003

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Differential Revision
D21003: iflib: fix dangling device softc pointer
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rS350305: MFC r350102:
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