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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c index 1a4bf8acad78..c4ceb082e970 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c @@ -857,11 +857,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_attached_print); int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev, u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface) { + struct module *ndev_owner = dev->dev.parent->driver->owner; struct mii_bus *bus = phydev->mdio.bus; struct device *d = &phydev->mdio.dev; int err; - if (!try_module_get(bus->owner)) { + /* For Ethernet device drivers that register their own MDIO bus, we + * will have bus->owner match ndev_mod, so we do not want to increment + * our own module->refcnt here, otherwise we would not be able to + * unload later on. + */ + if (ndev_owner != bus->owner && !try_module_get(bus->owner)) { dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to get the bus module\n"); return -EIO; } @@ -921,7 +927,8 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev, error: put_device(d); - module_put(bus->owner); + if (ndev_owner != bus->owner) + module_put(bus->owner); return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_attach_direct); @@ -971,6 +978,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_attach); */ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev) { + struct net_device *dev = phydev->attached_dev; + struct module *ndev_owner = dev->dev.parent->driver->owner; struct mii_bus *bus; int i; @@ -998,7 +1007,8 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev) bus = phydev->mdio.bus; put_device(&phydev->mdio.dev); - module_put(bus->owner); + if (ndev_owner != bus->owner) + module_put(bus->owner); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_detach); |