From: David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:42 AM > From: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdo...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:38:01 -0500 > > > in fec_enet_mdio_read, fec_enet_mdio_write, fec_enet_get_regs, > > fec_enet_open and fec_drv_remove, pm_runtime_get_sync is called which > > increments the counter even in case of failure, leading to incorrect > > ref count. In case of failure, decrement the ref count before returning. > > > > Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdo...@gmail.com> > > This does not apply to the net tree.
Wolfram Sang wonder if such de-reference can be better handled by pm runtime core code. https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/14/76