netdev - [PATCH net] net: phylink: move PHY interrupt request to non-fail path

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Message-Id: <E1ut35k-00000001UEl-0iq6@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:52:56 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: phylink: move PHY interrupt request to non-fail path

The blamed commit added code which could return an error after we
requested the PHY interrupt. When we return an error, the caller
will call phy_detach() which fails to free the interrupt.

Rearrange the code such that failing operations happen before the
interrupt is requested, thereby allowing phy_detach() to be used.

Note that replacing phy_detach() with phy_disconnect() in these
paths could lead to freeing an interrupt which was never requested.

Fixes: 1942b1c6f687 ("net: phylink: make configuring clock-stop dependent on MAC support")
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index c7f867b361dd..9a39478d9841 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -2132,9 +2132,6 @@ static int phylink_bringup_phy(struct phylink *pl, struct phy_device *phy,
 		    __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS, pl->supported,
 		    __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS, phy->advertising);
 
-	if (phy_interrupt_is_valid(phy))
-		phy_request_interrupt(phy);
-
 	if (pl->config->mac_managed_pm)
 		phy->mac_managed_pm = true;
 
@@ -2151,6 +2148,9 @@ static int phylink_bringup_phy(struct phylink *pl, struct phy_device *phy,
 			ret = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (ret == 0 && phy_interrupt_is_valid(phy))
+		phy_request_interrupt(phy);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.47.2