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

From: Maxime Chevallier

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 04:09:01 EST


Hi Nicolai,

On 6/1/26 11:31, Nicolai Buchwitz wrote:
> On 1.6.2026 10:40, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
>> 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;
>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I'll be moving phy_cleanup_ports(phydev); after the sfp cleanup,
can I keep your review tag ?

Maxime

>
> Thanks
> Nicolai