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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/of/of_mdio.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/of/of_mdio.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c index 1350fa25cdb0..a87a868fed64 100644 --- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c +++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c @@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ static int of_phy_match(struct device *dev, void *phy_np) * of_phy_find_device - Give a PHY node, find the phy_device * @phy_np: Pointer to the phy's device tree node * - * Returns a pointer to the phy_device. + * If successful, returns a pointer to the phy_device with the embedded + * struct device refcount incremented by one, or NULL on failure. */ struct phy_device *of_phy_find_device(struct device_node *phy_np) { @@ -217,7 +218,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_phy_find_device); * @hndlr: Link state callback for the network device * @iface: PHY data interface type * - * Returns a pointer to the phy_device if successful. NULL otherwise + * If successful, returns a pointer to the phy_device with the embedded + * struct device refcount incremented by one, or NULL on failure. The + * refcount must be dropped by calling phy_disconnect() or phy_detach(). */ struct phy_device *of_phy_connect(struct net_device *dev, struct device_node *phy_np, @@ -225,13 +228,19 @@ struct phy_device *of_phy_connect(struct net_device *dev, phy_interface_t iface) { struct phy_device *phy = of_phy_find_device(phy_np); + int ret; if (!phy) return NULL; phy->dev_flags = flags; - return phy_connect_direct(dev, phy, hndlr, iface) ? NULL : phy; + ret = phy_connect_direct(dev, phy, hndlr, iface); + + /* refcount is held by phy_connect_direct() on success */ + put_device(&phy->dev); + + return ret ? NULL : phy; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_phy_connect); @@ -241,17 +250,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_phy_connect); * @phy_np: Node pointer for the PHY * @flags: flags to pass to the PHY * @iface: PHY data interface type + * + * If successful, returns a pointer to the phy_device with the embedded + * struct device refcount incremented by one, or NULL on failure. The + * refcount must be dropped by calling phy_disconnect() or phy_detach(). */ struct phy_device *of_phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, struct device_node *phy_np, u32 flags, phy_interface_t iface) { struct phy_device *phy = of_phy_find_device(phy_np); + int ret; if (!phy) return NULL; - return phy_attach_direct(dev, phy, flags, iface) ? NULL : phy; + ret = phy_attach_direct(dev, phy, flags, iface); + + /* refcount is held by phy_attach_direct() on success */ + put_device(&phy->dev); + + return ret ? NULL : phy; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_phy_attach); |