Re: [PATCH net 0/2] net: cpsw: fix failed-probe cleanup

From: Karl Mehltretter

Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 10:30:04 EST


On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 02:13:26PM +0100, netdev-bot+sinfo@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> - How the issue was discovered, e.g. hit in production, hit during
> development, syzbot report, manual code inspection, LLM or static
> analysis tool scan.
>
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> then.

The rx_mode_work lifetime issue was found during an LLM-assisted review
of the 6.12.112-rc1 stable series.

Reviewing the same probe error path in dual-EMAC mode then exposed the
older secondary-netdev cleanup bug.

Thanks,
Karl