linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] ethernet: add sun8i-emac driver

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Message-ID: <20160913133301.GB31990@Red>
Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:33:01 +0200
From:   LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com, wens@...e.org,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] ethernet: add sun8i-emac driver

On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 04:15:27PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> Hi Corentin
> 
> > +static int sun8i_emac_mdio_register(struct net_device *ndev)
> > +{
> > +	struct sun8i_emac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
> > +	struct mii_bus *bus;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	bus = mdiobus_alloc();
> 
> You can use devm_mdiobus_alloc() which will simplify your error
> handling and unregister code.
> 
> 	 Andrew

Hello

Since the mdio bus is allocated on ndev/open, it need to be removed when ndev/stop is called.
So devm_mdiobus_alloc cannot be used.

Regards

Corentin Labbe