[PATCH net 1/3] Revert "net: ag71xx: use devm for register_netdev"

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Mon Feb 02 2026 - 16:47:13 EST


This reverts commit cc20a4791641a1cbd1525695fac0d4725dd72509.

register_netdev gets called after phylink_create which has no devm
equivalent. phylink_destroy must be called after unregister_netdev and
not before.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
index cbc730c7cff2..f2f12642529e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ static int ag71xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, err,
"failed to setup phylink");

- err = devm_register_netdev(&pdev->dev, ndev);
+ err = register_netdev(ndev);
if (err) {
netif_err(ag, probe, ndev, "unable to register net device\n");
return err;
@@ -1939,6 +1939,17 @@ static int ag71xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;
}

+static void ag71xx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ struct net_device *ndev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+ if (!ndev)
+ return;
+
+ unregister_netdev(ndev);
+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+}
+
static const u32 ar71xx_fifo_ar7100[] = {
0x0fff0000, 0x00001fff, 0x00780fff,
};
@@ -2024,6 +2035,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, ag71xx_match);

static struct platform_driver ag71xx_driver = {
.probe = ag71xx_probe,
+ .remove_new = ag71xx_remove,
.driver = {
.name = "ag71xx",
.of_match_table = ag71xx_match,
--
2.52.0