[PATCH net v1 1/2] net: phy: split phy_probe() error paths

From: Xuanqiang Luo

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 08:58:44 EST


From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>

phy_probe() uses one cleanup path for failures at every initialization
stage. This runs cleanup for resources that have not been initialized
and leaves phy_setup_ports() relying on its caller to remove an SFP
upstream after a partial failure.

Make phy_setup_ports() unwind the SFP upstream before removing its ports.
Then split the phy_probe() cleanup so each failure path unwinds only the
resources that may have been initialized.

Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 0615228459ef4..f8e434daab66e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -3556,6 +3556,9 @@ static int phy_setup_ports(struct phy_device *phydev)
return 0;

out:
+ sfp_bus_del_upstream(phydev->sfp_bus);
+ phydev->sfp_bus = NULL;
+
phy_cleanup_ports(phydev);
return ret;
}
@@ -3681,7 +3684,7 @@ 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);
@@ -3702,7 +3705,7 @@ 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))
@@ -3719,7 +3722,7 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)

err = phy_setup_ports(phydev);
if (err)
- goto out;
+ goto out_reset;

phy_advertise_supported(phydev);

@@ -3728,7 +3731,7 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
*/
err = genphy_c45_read_eee_adv(phydev, phydev->advertising_eee);
if (err)
- goto out;
+ goto out_ports;

/* Get the EEE modes we want to prohibit. */
of_set_phy_eee_broken(phydev);
@@ -3781,20 +3784,22 @@ 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_led_triggers;
}

return 0;

-out:
+out_led_triggers:
+ if (!phydev->is_on_sfp_module)
+ phy_led_triggers_unregister(phydev);
+
+out_ports:
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