From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: macb: NULL out phydev after removing mdio bus Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2016 23:57:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20161007.235718.1329800164848117692.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1475853202-19903-1-git-send-email-xander.huff@ni.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: nicolas.ferre@atmel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, nathan.sullivan@ni.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, brad.mouring@ni.com To: xander.huff@ni.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1475853202-19903-1-git-send-email-xander.huff@ni.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Xander Huff Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 10:13:22 -0500 > From: Nathan Sullivan > > To ensure the dev->phydev pointer is not used after becoming invalid in > mdiobus_unregister, set it to NULL. This happens when removing the macb > driver without first taking its interface down, since unregister_netdev > will end up calling macb_close. > > Signed-off-by: Xander Huff > Signed-off-by: Nathan Sullivan > Signed-off-by: Brad Mouring Applied.