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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c16
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);