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From: Xuanqiang Luo <xuanqiang.luo@linux.dev>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, andrew@lunn.ch,
	maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com, kuba@kernel.org
Cc: hkallweit1@gmail.com, chleroy@kernel.org,
	qingfang.deng@siflower.com.cn, hao.guan@siflower.com.cn,
	linux@armlinux.org.uk, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	pabeni@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net v5 1/6] net: phy: split phy_probe() error paths
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:55:55 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260823035600.188864-2-xuanqiang.luo@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260823035600.188864-1-xuanqiang.luo@linux.dev>

From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>

phy_probe() uses one cleanup path for failures at every initialization
stage. This runs cleanup for resources that have not been initialized.

After a successful probe and remove, phy_led_triggers_unregister() can
leave phy_num_led_triggers non-zero after freeing the trigger array. If a
subsequent probe fails before LED trigger registration, the common error
path calls phy_led_triggers_unregister() with a NULL array and stale count,
causing a NULL dereference.

Split the cleanup by initialization stage so each failure path unwinds only
the resources that may have been initialized. Unregister LED triggers
before releasing the SFP upstream and ports, because the LED triggers are
initialized after those resources and must be unwound first.

Fixes: c8dbdc6e380e ("net: phy: register phy led_triggers during probe to avoid AB-BA deadlock")
Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 94b2e85e00a37..2cf70471ae089 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -3706,7 +3706,7 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (phydev->drv->probe) {
 		err = phydev->drv->probe(phydev);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			goto out_reset;
 	}
 
 	phy_disable_interrupts(phydev);
@@ -3727,7 +3727,7 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
 		err = genphy_read_abilities(phydev);
 
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_reset;
 
 	if (!linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Autoneg_BIT,
 			       phydev->supported))
@@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	err = phy_setup_ports(phydev);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_sfp_release;
 
 	phy_advertise_supported(phydev);
 
@@ -3753,7 +3753,7 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
 	 */
 	err = genphy_c45_read_eee_adv(phydev, phydev->advertising_eee);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_sfp_release;
 
 	/* Get the EEE modes we want to prohibit. */
 	of_set_phy_eee_broken(phydev);
@@ -3806,20 +3806,22 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYLIB_LEDS) && !phy_driver_is_genphy(phydev)) {
 		err = of_phy_leds(phydev);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			goto out_unreg_led_triggers;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-out:
+out_unreg_led_triggers:
+	if (!phydev->is_on_sfp_module)
+		phy_led_triggers_unregister(phydev);
+
+out_sfp_release:
 	sfp_bus_del_upstream(phydev->sfp_bus);
 	phydev->sfp_bus = NULL;
 
 	phy_cleanup_ports(phydev);
 
-	if (!phydev->is_on_sfp_module)
-		phy_led_triggers_unregister(phydev);
-
+out_reset:
 	/* Re-assert the reset signal on error */
 	phy_device_reset(phydev, 1);
 
-- 
2.43.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-23  3:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-23  3:55 [PATCH net v5 0/6] net: phy: fix cleanup after probe failure Xuanqiang Luo
2026-08-23  3:55 ` Xuanqiang Luo [this message]
2026-08-23  3:55 ` [PATCH net v5 2/6] net: phy: unregister SFP upstream before port cleanup Xuanqiang Luo
2026-08-23  3:55 ` [PATCH net v5 3/6] net: phy: set PHY_READY after LED setup Xuanqiang Luo
2026-08-23  3:55 ` [PATCH net v5 4/6] net: phy: call driver remove when core initialization fails Xuanqiang Luo
2026-08-23  3:55 ` [PATCH net v5 5/6] net: phy: propagate errors from default port setup Xuanqiang Luo
2026-08-23  3:56 ` [PATCH net v5 6/6] net: phy: avoid double-free after LED trigger registration failure Xuanqiang Luo

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