Subject: [PATCH net 1/4] phy: fix device reference leaks

From: Johan Hovold <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 12:03:34 +0100

Make sure to drop the reference taken by bus_find_device_by_name()
before returning from phy_connect() and phy_attach().

Note that both function still take a reference to the phy device
through phy_attach_direct().

Fixes: e13934563db0 ("[PATCH] PHY Layer fixup")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email-masked]>
---
 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 e977ba931878..1a4bf8acad78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ struct phy_device *phy_connect(struct net_device *dev, const char *bus_id,
 	phydev = to_phy_device(d);
 
 	rc = phy_connect_direct(dev, phydev, handler, interface);
+	put_device(d);
 	if (rc)
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 
@@ -953,6 +954,7 @@ struct phy_device *phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, const char *bus_id,
 	phydev = to_phy_device(d);
 
 	rc = phy_attach_direct(dev, phydev, phydev->dev_flags, interface);
+	put_device(d);
 	if (rc)
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 
-- 
2.7.3