netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix error handling in mtk

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:34:35 +0000
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Liu Jian <liujian56@...wei.com>
Cc:     nbd@....name, john@...ozen.org, sean.wang@...iatek.com,
        Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
        opensource@...rst.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix error handling in
 mtk_open()

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:13:56PM +0800, Liu Jian wrote:
> If mtk_start_dma() fails, invoke phylink_disconnect_phy() to perform
> cleanup. phylink_disconnect_phy() contains the put_device action. If
> phylink_disconnect_phy is not performed, the Kref of netdev will leak.
> 
> Fixes: b8fc9f30821e ("net: ethernet: mediatek: Add basic PHYLINK support")
> Signed-off-by: Liu Jian <liujian56@...wei.com>

Looks sensible to me.

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Thanks.

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