netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fixed_phy: let fixed_phy_unregister free the phy

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Message-ID: <ad8dda9a-10ed-4060-916b-3f13bdbb899d@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:25:05 +0200
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
 Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fixed_phy: let fixed_phy_unregister free
 the phy_device

fixed_phy_register() creates and registers the phy_device. To be
symmetric, we should not only unregister, but also free the phy_device
in fixed_phy_unregister(). This allows to simplify code in users.

Note wrt of_phy_deregister_fixed_link():
put_device(&phydev->mdio.dev) and phy_device_free(phydev) are identical.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c  | 9 +++------
 drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c  | 1 -
 drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c b/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
index d8a35f25a..ad907287a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
@@ -386,13 +386,10 @@ static struct mdio_driver dsa_loop_drv = {
 
 static void dsa_loop_phydevs_unregister(void)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < NUM_FIXED_PHYS; i++)
-		if (!IS_ERR(phydevs[i])) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_FIXED_PHYS; i++) {
+		if (!IS_ERR(phydevs[i]))
 			fixed_phy_unregister(phydevs[i]);
-			phy_device_free(phydevs[i]);
-		}
+	}
 }
 
 static int __init dsa_loop_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c b/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c
index 98f667b12..d8ca63ed8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c
@@ -473,6 +473,5 @@ void of_phy_deregister_fixed_link(struct device_node *np)
 	fixed_phy_unregister(phydev);
 
 	put_device(&phydev->mdio.dev);	/* of_phy_find_device() */
-	phy_device_free(phydev);	/* fixed_phy_register() */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_phy_deregister_fixed_link);
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
index 1af05afb0..99621239a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ void fixed_phy_unregister(struct phy_device *phy)
 	phy_device_remove(phy);
 	of_node_put(phy->mdio.dev.of_node);
 	fixed_phy_del(phy->mdio.addr);
+	phy_device_free(phy);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_phy_unregister);
 
-- 
2.50.1