If we are probed through platform_data we would be intentionally dropping the reference count on master after dev_to_net_device() incremented it. If we are probed through Device Tree, of_find_net_device() does not do a dev_hold() at all.
Ensure that the DSA master device is properly reference counted by holding it as soon as the CPU port is successfully initialized and later released during dsa_switch_release_ports(). dsa_get_tag_protocol() does a short de-reference, so we hold and release the master at that time, too. Fixes: 83c0afaec7b7 ("net: dsa: Add new binding implementation") Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> --- net/dsa/dsa2.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa2.c b/net/dsa/dsa2.c index d90665b465b8..875231252ada 100644 --- a/net/dsa/dsa2.c +++ b/net/dsa/dsa2.c @@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ static enum dsa_tag_protocol dsa_get_tag_protocol(struct dsa_port *dp, * happens the switch driver may want to know if its tagging protocol * is going to work in such a configuration. */ + dev_hold(master); if (dsa_slave_dev_check(master)) { mdp = dsa_slave_to_port(master); mds = mdp->ds; @@ -633,6 +634,7 @@ static enum dsa_tag_protocol dsa_get_tag_protocol(struct dsa_port *dp, tag_protocol = mds->ops->get_tag_protocol(mds, mdp_upstream, DSA_TAG_PROTO_NONE); } + dev_put(master); /* If the master device is not itself a DSA slave in a disjoint DSA * tree, then return immediately. @@ -657,6 +659,7 @@ static int dsa_port_parse_cpu(struct dsa_port *dp, struct net_device *master) return PTR_ERR(tag_ops); } + dev_hold(master); dp->master = master; dp->type = DSA_PORT_TYPE_CPU; dp->filter = tag_ops->filter; @@ -858,6 +861,8 @@ static void dsa_switch_release_ports(struct dsa_switch *ds) if (dp->ds != ds) continue; list_del(&dp->list); + if (dsa_port_is_cpu(dp)) + dev_put(dp->master); kfree(dp); } } -- 2.20.1