[PATCH net] net: phylink: move phy_device_free() to correctly release phy device

From: Clément Léger
Date: Tue Jan 31 2023 - 05:01:02 EST


After calling fwnode_phy_find_device(), the phy device refcount is
incremented. Then, when the phy device is attached to a netdev with
phy_attach_direct(), the refcount is also incremented but only
decremented in the caller if phy_attach_direct() fails. Move
phy_device_free() before the "if" to always release it correctly.
Indeed, either phy_attach_direct() failed and we don't want to keep a
reference to the phydev or it succeeded and a reference has been taken
internally.

Fixes: 25396f680dd6 ("net: phylink: introduce phylink_fwnode_phy_connect()")
Signed-off-by: Clément Léger <clement.leger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 09cc65c0da93..4d2519cdb801 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -1812,10 +1812,9 @@ int phylink_fwnode_phy_connect(struct phylink *pl,

ret = phy_attach_direct(pl->netdev, phy_dev, flags,
pl->link_interface);
- if (ret) {
- phy_device_free(phy_dev);
+ phy_device_free(phy_dev);
+ if (ret)
return ret;
- }

ret = phylink_bringup_phy(pl, phy_dev, pl->link_config.interface);
if (ret)
--
2.39.0