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

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 01:01:37 +0000
From:   maowenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
CC:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [net] net: phy: Fix lack of reference count on PHY driver


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@...n.ch]
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2017 12:24 AM
> To: Robin Murphy
> Cc: Florian Fainelli; netdev@...r.kernel.org; davem@...emloft.net;
> rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk; maowenan; Catalin Marinas
> 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


There is bug report from Dan Carpenter(dan.carpenter@...cle.com) who ran static analysis to find this issue. Thanks a lot.
[bug report] net: phy: Fix lack of reference count on PHY driver