On 02/11/2016 04:39 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
>
> Sascha Hauer <s.ha...@pengutronix.de> writes:
>
>> The phy has not been initialized, disconnecting it in the error
>> path results in a NULL pointer exception. Drop the phy_disconnect
>> from the error path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.ha...@pengutronix.de>
>> ---
>> net/dsa/slave.c | 1 -
>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
>> index 40b9ca7..91e3b2f 100644
>> --- a/net/dsa/slave.c
>> +++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
>> @@ -1194,7 +1194,6 @@ int dsa_slave_create(struct dsa_switch *ds, struct
>> device *parent,
>> if (ret) {
>> netdev_err(master, "error %d registering interface %s\n",
>> ret, slave_dev->name);
>> - phy_disconnect(p->phy);
>> ds->ports[port] = NULL;
>> free_netdev(slave_dev);
>> return ret;
>
> I'm adding Neil in the loop, since he did some work similar to this, if
> I'm not mistaken.
>
> Thanks,
> -v
>
He's right, the phy is not yet created in this error path.
Acked-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstr...@baylibre.com>
Thanks Vivien,
Neil
