From: Navid Emamdoost
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:48:03 -0500
> in macb_mdio_write, macb_mdio_read, and at91ether_open,
> 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 return
> in macb_mdio_write, …
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> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
…
> @@ -3840,11 +3842,14 @@ static int at91ether_open(struct net_device *dev)
>
> ret = macb_phylink_connect(lp);
in macb_mdio_write, macb_mdio_read, and at91ether_open,
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
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drivers/net/ethernet/cadenc
