6.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org
[ Upstream commit 175811b8f05f0da3e19b7d3124666649ddde3802 ]
This reverts commit 3b98c9352511db627b606477fc7944b2fa53a165.
Russell says:
Using devm_*() [here] is completely wrong, because this is called from mdiobus_register_device(). This is not the probe function for the device, and thus there is no code to trigger the release of the resource on unregistration.
Moreover, when the mdiodev is eventually probed, if the driver fails or the driver is unbound, the GPIO will be released, but a reference will be left behind.
Using devm* with a struct device that is *not* currently being probed is fundamentally wrong - an abuse of devm.
Reported-by: Mark Brown broonie@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/95449490-fa58-41d4-9493-c9213c1f2e7d@sirena.org.uk Suggested-by: Russell King (Oracle) rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk Fixes: 3b98c9352511 ("net: mdio_bus: Use devm for getting reset GPIO") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250801212742.2607149-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c index 24bdab5bdd24..fda2e27c1810 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ static int mdiobus_register_gpiod(struct mdio_device *mdiodev) { /* Deassert the optional reset signal */ - mdiodev->reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&mdiodev->dev, - "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW); + mdiodev->reset_gpio = gpiod_get_optional(&mdiodev->dev, + "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW); if (IS_ERR(mdiodev->reset_gpio)) return PTR_ERR(mdiodev->reset_gpio);