Re: [PATCH] net: asix: fix modprobe "sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename"

[Florian Fainelli]

On 3/6/2023 4:50 PM, Grant Grundler wrote:
> "modprobe asix ; rmmod asix ; modprobe asix" fails with:
>     sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename \
>     	'/devices/virtual/mdio_bus/usb-003:004'
>
> Issue was originally reported by Anton Lundin on 2022-06-22 14:16 UTC:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220623063649.GD23685@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/
>
> Chrome OS team hit the same issue in Feb, 2023 when trying to find
> work arounds for other issues with AX88172 devices.
>
> The use of devm_mdiobus_register() with usbnet devices results in the
> MDIO data being associated with the USB device. When the asix driver
> is unloaded, the USB device continues to exist and the corresponding
> "mdiobus_unregister()" is NOT called until the USB device is unplugged
> or unauthorized. So the next "modprobe asix" will fail because the MDIO
> phy sysfs attributes still exist.
>
> The 'easy' (from a design PoV) fix is to use the non-devm variants of
> mdiobus_* functions and explicitly manage this use in the asix_bind
> and asix_unbind function calls. I've not explored trying to fix usbnet
> initialization so devm_* stuff will work.
>
> Reported-by: Anton Lundin <glance@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Eizan Miyamoto <eizan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Should we have a Fixes: tag here? One more question below

> ---
>   drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>   1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
> index 30e87389aefa1..f0a87b933062a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
> @@ -640,8 +640,9 @@ static int asix_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
>   static int ax88772_init_mdio(struct usbnet *dev)
>   {
>   	struct asix_common_private *priv = dev->driver_priv;
> +	int ret;
>   
> -	priv->mdio = devm_mdiobus_alloc(&dev->udev->dev);
> +	priv->mdio = mdiobus_alloc();
>   	if (!priv->mdio)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> @@ -653,7 +654,27 @@ static int ax88772_init_mdio(struct usbnet *dev)
>   	snprintf(priv->mdio->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "usb-%03d:%03d",
>   		 dev->udev->bus->busnum, dev->udev->devnum);
>   
> -	return devm_mdiobus_register(&dev->udev->dev, priv->mdio);
> +	ret = mdiobus_register(priv->mdio);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		netdev_err(dev->net, "Could not register MDIO bus (err %d)\n", ret);
> +		goto mdio_regerr;
> +	}
> +
> +	priv->phydev = mdiobus_get_phy(priv->mdio, priv->phy_addr);
> +	if (priv->phydev)
> +		return 0;

This was in ax88772_init_phy() before, why is this being moved here now?

> +
> +	netdev_err(dev->net, "Could not find PHY\n");
> +	mdiobus_unregister(priv->mdio);
> +mdio_regerr:
> +	mdiobus_free(priv->mdio);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static void ax88772_release_mdio(struct asix_common_private *priv)
> +{
> +	mdiobus_unregister(priv->mdio);
> +	mdiobus_free(priv->mdio);
>   }
>   
>   static int ax88772_init_phy(struct usbnet *dev)
> @@ -661,12 +682,6 @@ static int ax88772_init_phy(struct usbnet *dev)
>   	struct asix_common_private *priv = dev->driver_priv;
>   	int ret;
>   
> -	priv->phydev = mdiobus_get_phy(priv->mdio, priv->phy_addr);
> -	if (!priv->phydev) {
> -		netdev_err(dev->net, "Could not find PHY\n");
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -	}
> -
>   	ret = phy_connect_direct(dev->net, priv->phydev, &asix_adjust_link,
>   				 PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_INTERNAL);
>   	if (ret) {
> @@ -805,6 +820,7 @@ static void ax88772_unbind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
>   	struct asix_common_private *priv = dev->driver_priv;
>   
>   	phy_disconnect(priv->phydev);
> +	ax88772_release_mdio(priv);
>   	asix_rx_fixup_common_free(dev->driver_priv);
>   }
>   

--
Florian