netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/4] net: stmmac: dwmac-sun8i: Fix probe error handling

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:42:37 +0800
From:   Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
To:     Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
Cc:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>,
        Corentin Labbe <clabbe@...libre.com>,
        Ondrej Jirman <megous@...ous.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/4] net: stmmac: dwmac-sun8i: Fix probe error handling

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 7:17 PM Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org> wrote:
>
> stmmac_pltfr_remove does three things in one function, making it
> inapproprate for unwinding the steps in the probe function. Currently,
> a failure before the call to stmmac_dvr_probe would leak OF node
> references due to missing a call to stmmac_remove_config_dt. And an
> error in stmmac_dvr_probe would cause the driver to attempt to remove a
> netdevice that was never added. Fix these by reordering the init and
> splitting out the error handling steps.
>
> Fixes: 9f93ac8d4085 ("net-next: stmmac: Add dwmac-sun8i")
> Fixes: 40a1dcee2d18 ("net: ethernet: dwmac-sun8i: Use the correct function in exit path")
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>

Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>