netdev - Re: [PATCH] phylib: phy_attach_direct: phy_init

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Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:31:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mkl@...gutronix.de
Cc:	Netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phylib: phy_attach_direct: phy_init_hw can fail, add
 cleanup

From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:54:08 +0200

> The function phy_attach_direct attaches the phy and calls phy_init_hw.
> phy_init_hw can fail, but the phy is still marked as attached. Successive
> calls to phy_attach_direct will fail because the phy is busy.
 ...
> This patch adds phy_detach to clean up if phy_init_hw fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>

Applied, thank you.
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