[PATCH 6.19 753/844] net: cpsw_new: Fix unnecessary netdev unregistration in cpsw_probe() error path

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 15:58:43 EST


From: Kevin Hao <haokexin@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 62db84b7efa63b78aed9fdbdae90f198771be94c ]

The current error handling in cpsw_probe() has two issues:
- cpsw_unregister_ports() may be called before cpsw_register_ports() has
been executed.

- cpsw_unregister_ports() is already invoked within cpsw_register_ports()
in case of a register_netdev() failure, but the error path would call
it again.

Fixes: ed3525eda4c4 ("net: ethernet: ti: introduce cpsw switchdev based driver part 1 - dual-emac")
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haokexin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205-cpsw-error-path-v1-1-6e58bae6b299@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c | 12 +++++-------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
index 21af0a10626aa..b9fc31eb06134 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* setup netdevs */
ret = cpsw_create_ports(cpsw);
if (ret)
- goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+ goto clean_cpts;

/* Grab RX and TX IRQs. Note that we also have RX_THRESHOLD and
* MISC IRQs which are always kept disabled with this driver so
@@ -2017,14 +2017,14 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
0, dev_name(dev), cpsw);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(dev, "error attaching irq (%d)\n", ret);
- goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+ goto clean_cpts;
}

ret = devm_request_irq(dev, cpsw->irqs_table[1], cpsw_tx_interrupt,
0, dev_name(dev), cpsw);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(dev, "error attaching irq (%d)\n", ret);
- goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+ goto clean_cpts;
}

if (!cpsw->cpts)
@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
0, dev_name(&pdev->dev), cpsw);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(dev, "error attaching misc irq (%d)\n", ret);
- goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+ goto clean_cpts;
}

/* Enable misc CPTS evnt_pend IRQ */
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
skip_cpts:
ret = cpsw_register_notifiers(cpsw);
if (ret)
- goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+ goto clean_cpts;

ret = cpsw_register_devlink(cpsw);
if (ret)
@@ -2065,8 +2065,6 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

clean_unregister_notifiers:
cpsw_unregister_notifiers(cpsw);
-clean_unregister_netdev:
- cpsw_unregister_ports(cpsw);
clean_cpts:
cpts_release(cpsw->cpts);
cpdma_ctlr_destroy(cpsw->dma);
--
2.51.0