[PATCH net-next v2] net: cpsw_new: unregister devlink on port registration failure

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 00:41:18 EST


cpsw_probe() registers devlink before registering the CPSW ports.

If cpsw_register_ports() fails, the error path only unregisters the
notifiers and then releases the lower level resources. It does not undo
the successful cpsw_register_devlink() call, leaving the devlink instance
and its parameters registered after probe has failed.

Add a devlink cleanup label for the path where devlink registration has
already succeeded, and use it when port registration fails.

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Updated the subject for net-next.
- Dropped the Fixes tag.

drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
index 7f42f58a4b03..95b3b58db6e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

ret = cpsw_register_ports(cpsw);
if (ret)
- goto clean_unregister_notifiers;
+ goto clean_unregister_devlink;

dev_notice(dev, "initialized (regs %pa, pool size %d) hw_ver:%08X %d.%d (%d)\n",
&ss_res->start, descs_pool_size,
@@ -2062,6 +2062,8 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

return 0;

+clean_unregister_devlink:
+ cpsw_unregister_devlink(cpsw);
clean_unregister_notifiers:
cpsw_unregister_notifiers(cpsw);
clean_cpts:
--
2.43.0