From: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk,
theo.lebrun@bootlin.com, conor.dooley@microchip.com,
atenart@kernel.org, o.rempel@pengutronix.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 23:08:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907210856.1673589-2-nb@tipi-net.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907210856.1673589-1-nb@tipi-net.de>
macb_mii_init() creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths,
but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing
macb_alloc_tieoff() or register_netdev() leaks the instance.
Destroy it at err_out_unregister_mdio, which is only reachable once
macb_mii_init() has succeeded, so bp->phylink is valid there.
Fixes: 7897b071ac3b ("net: macb: convert to phylink")
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 8469df0d89c3..bba7246e1dbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -5980,6 +5980,7 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
}
+ phylink_destroy(bp->phylink);
err_out_phy_exit:
phy_exit(bp->phy);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 21:08 [PATCH net 0/2] net: macb: fix two probe path leaks Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-09-07 21:08 ` Nicolai Buchwitz [this message]
2026-09-07 21:08 ` [PATCH net 2/2] net: macb: put the "mdio" child node reference on success Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-09-09 1:40 ` [PATCH net 0/2] net: macb: fix two probe path leaks patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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