From: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 20:54:43 -0800
> Commit 3e3aaf649416 ("phy: fix mdiobus module safety") fixed the way we
> dealt with MDIO bus module reference count, but sort of introduced a
> regression in that, if an Ethernet driver registers its own MDIO bus
> driver, as is common, we will end up with the Ethernet driver's
> module->refnct set to 1, thus preventing this driver from any removal.
>
> Fix this by comparing the network device's device driver owner against
> the MDIO bus driver owner, and only if they are different, increment the
> MDIO bus module refcount.
>
> Fixes: 3e3aaf649416 ("phy: fix mdiobus module safety")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com>
Applied.
