netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net/sb1250: register mdio bus in probe

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Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:32:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sebastian@...akpoint.cc
Cc:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/sb1250: register mdio bus in probe

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:57:01 +0200

> "ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 down" triggers:
 ...
> mdiobus_register() calls device_register() which initializes the kobj of
> the device. mdiobus_unregister() calls only device_del() so we have one
> reference left. That one is leaving with mdiobus_free() which is only
> called on remove.
> Since I don't see any reason why mdiobus_register()/mdiobus_unregister()
> should happen in ->open()/->close() I move them to probe & exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>

This looks a lot better, applied, thanks Sebastian!
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