[PATCH net 1/2] net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path
From: Nicolai Buchwitz
Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 17:16:50 EST
macb_mii_init() creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths,
but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing
macb_alloc_tieoff() or register_netdev() leaks the instance.
Destroy it at err_out_unregister_mdio, which is only reachable once
macb_mii_init() has succeeded, so bp->phylink is valid there.
Fixes: 7897b071ac3b ("net: macb: convert to phylink")
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 8469df0d89c3..bba7246e1dbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -5980,6 +5980,7 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
}
+ phylink_destroy(bp->phylink);
err_out_phy_exit:
phy_exit(bp->phy);
--
2.53.0