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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 92b08383cafa..8c8e15b8739d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
struct module *ndev_owner = dev->dev.parent->driver->owner;
struct mii_bus *bus = phydev->mdio.bus;
struct device *d = &phydev->mdio.dev;
+ bool using_genphy = false;
int err;
/* For Ethernet device drivers that register their own MDIO bus, we
@@ -933,12 +934,22 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
d->driver =
&genphy_driver[GENPHY_DRV_1G].mdiodrv.driver;
+ using_genphy = true;
+ }
+
+ if (!try_module_get(d->driver->owner)) {
+ dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to get the device driver module\n");
+ err = -EIO;
+ goto error_put_device;
+ }
+
+ if (using_genphy) {
err = d->driver->probe(d);
if (err >= 0)
err = device_bind_driver(d);
if (err)
- goto error;
+ goto error_module_put;
}
if (phydev->attached_dev) {
@@ -975,7 +986,13 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
return err;
error:
+ /* phy_detach() does all of the cleanup below */
phy_detach(phydev);
+ return err;
+
+error_module_put:
+ module_put(d->driver->owner);
+error_put_device:
put_device(d);
if (ndev_owner != bus->owner)
module_put(bus->owner);
@@ -1039,6 +1056,8 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
phy_led_triggers_unregister(phydev);
+ module_put(phydev->mdio.dev.driver->owner);
+
/* If the device had no specific driver before (i.e. - it
* was using the generic driver), we unbind the device
* from the generic driver so that there's a chance a