Make sure to drop the reference taken by bus_find_device_by_name()
before returning from phy_connect() and phy_attach().
Note that both function still take a reference to the phy device
through phy_attach_direct().
Fixes: e13934563db0 ("[PATCH] PHY Layer fixup")
Cc: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
phydev = to_phy_device(d);
rc = phy_connect_direct(dev, phydev, handler, interface);
+ put_device(d);
if (rc)
return ERR_PTR(rc);
phydev = to_phy_device(d);
rc = phy_attach_direct(dev, phydev, phydev->dev_flags, interface);
+ put_device(d);
if (rc)
return ERR_PTR(rc);