Re: [PATCH net v2 2/3] net: phy: remove phy ports upon probe failure

From: Nicolai Buchwitz

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 04:16:45 EST


On 4.6.2026 10:02, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
Hi Nicolai,

On 6/1/26 11:31, Nicolai Buchwitz wrote:
On 1.6.2026 10:40, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
When phy_probe fails, let's clean the phy_ports that were successfully
added already.

Suggested-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 589e934d2735 ("net: phy: Introduce PHY ports representation")
Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 6ccbfacf7d1d..a171cbe2a74a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -3778,6 +3778,8 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
     return 0;

 out:
+    phy_cleanup_ports(phydev);
+
     sfp_bus_del_upstream(phydev->sfp_bus);
     phydev->sfp_bus = NULL;

Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I'll be moving phy_cleanup_ports(phydev); after the sfp cleanup,
can I keep your review tag ?

Sure.

Thanks,
Nicolai

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