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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:45:05 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Markus Stockhausen" <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/8] net: phy: add
 (*notify_phy_attach/detach)() hooks to struct mii_bus
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:59:54 +0200 Markus Stockhausen wrote:
> > [Medium]
> > Is the pairing between notify_phy_attach and notify_phy_detach
> > symmetric on all failure paths?  
> 
> thanks for the check. I already asked for guidance on this [1]
> but got no feedback yet. Maybe someone can assist what is
> the best way to make these calls symmetrical.

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