From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip.com>,
UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: microchip: drop the parent MDIO bus reference
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 14:29:08 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105142908.69966b2a@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103100531.1309946-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
On Tue, 3 Nov 2026 10:05:31 +0000 Wentao Liang wrote:
> ksz_mdio_register() obtains the parent MDIO bus with of_mdio_find_bus(),
> which takes a reference on the embedded struct device, and stores it in
> dev->parent_mdio_bus for the side MDIO accessors. Nothing ever drops
> that reference, so it is leaked on the probe error paths and when the
> switch device is torn down.
Hi, since you're spamming the community with low-value fixes
we would like to ask you to not post any further networking
patches for the rest of this calendar year.
--
pv-ban: 2mo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-05 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 10:05 [PATCH] net: dsa: microchip: drop the parent MDIO bus reference Wentao Liang
2026-11-03 10:10 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-11-03 10:25 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-11-05 22:29 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-11-07 11:47 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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