[PATCH net] net: emac: release DT PHY resources on teardown

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 18:30:22 EST


Disconnect PHYLIB PHYs and deregister fixed PHYs during both probe
unwind and driver removal. Without this cleanup, unbinding a DT-based
EMAC can leave its PHY attached to the freed netdev, while fixed-link
instances retain their registered fixed PHY.

Fixes: a577ca6badb5 ("net: emac: add support for device-tree based PHY discovery and setup")
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
index e7043523457c..4124a90b18c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
@@ -2810,6 +2810,16 @@ static int emac_init_phy(struct emac_instance *dev)
return 0;
}

+static void emac_cleanup_phy(struct emac_instance *dev)
+{
+ struct device_node *np = dev->ofdev->dev.of_node;
+
+ if (dev->ndev->phydev && dev->phy.address >= 0)
+ phy_disconnect(dev->ndev->phydev);
+ if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np))
+ of_phy_deregister_fixed_link(np);
+}
+
static int emac_init_config(struct emac_instance *dev)
{
struct device_node *np = dev->ofdev->dev.of_node;
@@ -3197,6 +3207,7 @@ static int emac_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
if (emac_has_feature(dev, EMAC_FTR_HAS_ZMII))
zmii_detach(dev->zmii_dev, dev->zmii_port);
err_unreg_commac:
+ emac_cleanup_phy(dev);
mal_unregister_commac(dev->mal, &dev->commac);
err_rel_deps:
emac_put_deps(dev);
@@ -3220,6 +3231,7 @@ static void emac_remove(struct platform_device *ofdev)
unregister_netdev(dev->ndev);

cancel_work_sync(&dev->reset_work);
+ emac_cleanup_phy(dev);

if (emac_has_feature(dev, EMAC_FTR_HAS_TAH))
tah_detach(dev->tah_dev, dev->tah_port);
--
2.56.0