Re: [PATCH] net: gemini: Free the shared queue after removing the ports

From: Andrew Lunn

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 22:25:54 EST


> Fixes: 4d5ae32f5e1e ("net: ethernet: Add a driver for Gemini gigabit ethernet")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
> index 4c762229ce42..e493d495f2ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
> @@ -2364,7 +2364,6 @@ static void gemini_port_remove(struct gemini_ethernet_port *port)
> unregister_netdev(port->netdev);
> }
> clk_disable_unprepare(port->pclk);
> - geth_cleanup_freeq(port->geth);
> }
>
> static void gemini_ethernet_init(struct gemini_ethernet *geth)
> @@ -2656,7 +2655,10 @@ static void gemini_ethernet_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct gemini_ethernet *geth = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>
> - geth_cleanup_freeq(geth);
> + devm_of_platform_depopulate(&pdev->dev);

This seems wrong. If you have to call devm_of_platform_depopulate()
why are you using devm?

> + writel(0, geth->base + GLOBAL_INTERRUPT_ENABLE_4_REG);
> + if (geth->freeq_ring)
> + geth_cleanup_freeq(geth);

gemini_ethernet_remove() is supposed to do the opposite of
gemini_ethernet_probe(). What is the opposite of geth_cleanup_freeq()?
Where is it called in gemini_ethernet_probe()?

Andrew