[PATCH net-next v3 0/2] net: phy: sfp/mdio-i2c: defer RollBall probe + fix mii_bus leak

[Maxime Chevallier]

Hi Petr,

On 6/23/26 10:05, Petr Wozniak wrote:
> This series resends the RollBall bridge probe deferral (a fix for the
> regression in commit 8fe125892f40) and adds a related mii_bus leak fix.

These are bugfixes, you need to target the 'net' tree as explained here :

https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html

Thanks :)

Maxime
> 
> Patch 1 fixes a pre-existing mii_bus leak in sfp_i2c_mdiobus_destroy()
> that has been present since the helper was introduced in 2022. Patch 2's
> new -ENODEV path destroys the MDIO bus via sfp_i2c_mdiobus_destroy(), so
> patch 1 is a prerequisite to avoid leaking the bus on that path.
> 
> The v2 deferral patch was corrupted in transit and failed to apply; it is
> regenerated here against current net-next with no functional change.
> 
> v3:
>  - Resend: v2 defer patch was corrupted in transit and failed to apply
>    (netdev/apply); regenerated against current net-next.
>  - Fixed block comment style flagged by checkpatch. No functional change.
>  - Added patch 1/2 (sfp: free mii_bus in sfp_i2c_mdiobus_destroy).
> v2 (defer):
>  - Generalized scope: regression affects boot-inserted and hotplugged
>    modules where bridge init exceeds 200 ms; Aleksander Bajkowski
>    confirmed FLYPRO SFP-10GT-CS-30M / AQR113C broken when hotplugged.
>  - Corrected state machine description (probe runs in SFP_S_INIT after
>    SFP_S_WAIT) - Jan Hoffmann.
>  - No code changes from v1.
> v1: initial submission.
> 
> Petr Wozniak (2):
>   net: phy: sfp: free mii_bus in sfp_i2c_mdiobus_destroy
>   net: phy: mdio-i2c: defer RollBall bridge probe to PHY discovery
> 
>  drivers/net/mdio/mdio-i2c.c   | 15 +++++++++------
>  drivers/net/phy/sfp.c         | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
>  include/linux/mdio/mdio-i2c.h |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: b85966adbf5de0668a815c6e3527f87e0c387fb4