[PATCH net v2 2/3] net: phy: remove phy ports upon probe failure

From: Maxime Chevallier

Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 04:43:04 EST


When phy_probe fails, let's clean the phy_ports that were successfully
added already.

Suggested-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 589e934d2735 ("net: phy: Introduce PHY ports representation")
Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 6ccbfacf7d1d..a171cbe2a74a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -3778,6 +3778,8 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
return 0;

out:
+ phy_cleanup_ports(phydev);
+
sfp_bus_del_upstream(phydev->sfp_bus);
phydev->sfp_bus = NULL;

--
2.54.0