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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-10-16 18:44:47 -0700
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-10-16 18:44:48 -0700
commit8b0244ca4fa4e717ffe6874f7eadc59ebb6ae5ba (patch)
tree9ade698d325cfb61a9acac4d87d2ab7cbb1dd0f5
parentb4423835d9c528c242531c7ba455b4f687906acb (diff)
parent7151b86654fa635101cabe7f55511f54c3adcf84 (diff)
Merge branch 'net-phy-fix-a-second-attach-of-an-attached-phy-and-the-module-put-on-detach'
Aleksei Sviridkin says: ==================== net: phy: fix a second attach of an attached PHY and the module put on detach Two phylib fixes found on a Keenetic KN-1012 (MT7981) while chasing a PHY driver unbind race. A second attach of an attached PHY tears down the first consumer, and a detach after a driver unbind leaks the module reference. 1: refuse a second attach before the driver module is taken or the generic driver bound. 2: put the module the attach pinned, not whatever driver is bound at detach. Patch 1 goes first: with patch 2 alone, the second attach error path leaves the first consumer's module reference pinned. ==================== Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261013151200.2473464-1-f@lex.la Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c25
-rw-r--r--include/linux/phy.h2
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index bfce8b893644..68691c487eee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1728,8 +1728,8 @@ static void phy_detach_internal(struct phy_device *phydev, bool notify_bus)
phydev->phy_link_change = NULL;
phydev->phylink = NULL;
- if (phydev->mdio.dev.driver)
- module_put(phydev->mdio.dev.driver->owner);
+ module_put(phydev->drv_owner);
+ phydev->drv_owner = NULL;
/* If the device had no specific driver before (i.e. - it
* was using the generic driver), we unbind the device
@@ -1794,6 +1794,7 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
struct mii_bus *bus = phydev->mdio.bus;
struct device *d = &phydev->mdio.dev;
struct module *ndev_owner = NULL;
+ struct module *drv_owner;
int irq = phydev->irq;
int err;
@@ -1811,6 +1812,13 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
get_device(d);
+ /* Set by every attach, with or without a netdev */
+ if (phydev->phy_link_change) {
+ phydev_err(phydev, "PHY already attached\n");
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ goto error_put_device;
+ }
+
/* Assume that if there is no driver, that it doesn't
* exist, and we should use the genphy driver.
*/
@@ -1823,11 +1831,13 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
phydev->is_genphy_driven = 1;
}
- if (!try_module_get(d->driver->owner)) {
+ drv_owner = d->driver->owner;
+ if (!try_module_get(drv_owner)) {
phydev_err(phydev, "failed to get the device driver module\n");
err = -EIO;
goto error_put_device;
}
+ phydev->drv_owner = drv_owner;
if (phydev->is_genphy_driven) {
err = d->driver->probe(d);
@@ -1838,12 +1848,6 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
goto error_module_put;
}
- if (phydev->attached_dev) {
- dev_err(&dev->dev, "PHY already attached\n");
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto error;
- }
-
phydev->phy_link_change = phy_link_change;
if (dev) {
phydev->attached_dev = dev;
@@ -1941,7 +1945,8 @@ error:
return err;
error_module_put:
- module_put(d->driver->owner);
+ module_put(phydev->drv_owner);
+ phydev->drv_owner = NULL;
phydev->irq = irq;
phydev->is_genphy_driven = 0;
d->driver = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 7c5098a0dd6c..a5a419bc400e 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ struct phy_oatc14_sqi_capability {
*
* @mdio: MDIO bus this PHY is on
* @drv: Pointer to the driver for this PHY instance
+ * @drv_owner: Driver module phy_attach_direct() took a reference on
* @devlink: Create a link between phy dev and mac dev, if the external phy
* used by current mac interface is managed by another mac interface.
* @phyindex: Unique id across the phy's parent tree of phys to address the PHY
@@ -689,6 +690,7 @@ struct phy_device {
/* Information about the PHY type */
/* And management functions */
const struct phy_driver *drv;
+ struct module *drv_owner;
struct device_link *devlink;