RE: [PATCH net] net: fec: only stop PTP if it was initialized

From: Wei Fang

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 22:07:10 EST


Sorry for replying this thread with same content, just to remove the
"NXP Confidential" label. Sorry for the noise.

> fec_ptp_init() is only called when fep->bufdesc_ex is available.
> However, fec_probe() unconditionally calls fec_ptp_stop() on the failed_init
> path.
>
> Check fep->bufdesc_ex before calling fec_ptp_stop() to avoid stopping PTP when
> it was not initialized.
>
> Fixes: 32cba57ba74b ("net: fec: introduce fec_ptp_stop and use in probe fail
> path")
> Signed-off-by: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> index ced4dbf8cd90..7a87f40d12d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> @@ -5457,7 +5457,8 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> failed_irq:
> fec_enet_deinit(ndev);
> failed_init:
> - fec_ptp_stop(pdev);
> + if (fep->bufdesc_ex)
> + fec_ptp_stop(pdev);
> failed_reset:
> pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
> pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
> --
> 2.43.0

Thanks for fixing this issue.

Reviewed-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>