netdev - Re: [net] net: phy: Fix lack of reference count on PHY driver

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Message-ID: <20170208162332.GA13281@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2017 17:23:32 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk,
        Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>
Subject: Re: [net] net: phy: Fix lack of reference count on PHY driver

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 04:03:43PM +0000, Robin Murphy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We're seeing a new boot-time crash[1] on SMSC911x hardware from this
> patch in today's HEAD (as cafe8df8b9bc)...

Hi Robin

Thank for the report. See the discussion on netdev under the subject
"Kernel crashes in phy_attach_direct()"

Andrew