[PATCH 2/3] net: ucc_geth: make probe consistently acquire a reference to the phy node

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Fri Aug 8 09:07:24 EST 2014


From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
Date: Thu,  7 Aug 2014 23:48:25 +0200

> When the driver attaches to a device that has a phy handle the probe
> routine returns with a reference to that node. This reference is
> correctly dropped in the error path and the remove function. In the
> fixed phy case however no reference is acquired and so the error path
> might drop a reference the driver isn't holding. Fix that by getting a
> reference to the MAC.
> 
> Fixes: 87009814cdbb ("ucc_geth: use the new fixed PHY helpers")
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>

Applied.


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