[PATCH 4/9] phy: add proper phy struct device refcounting

2015-09-24 Thread Russell King
Take a refcount on the phy struct device when the phy device is attached to a network device, and drop it after it's detached. This ensures that a refcount is held on the phy device while the device is being used by a network device, thereby preventing the phy_device from being unexpectedly kfree(

[PATCH 4/9] phy: add proper phy struct device refcounting

2015-09-22 Thread Russell King
Take a refcount on the phy struct device when the phy device is attached to a network device, and drop it after it's detached. This ensures that a refcount is held on the phy device while the device is being used by a network device, thereby preventing the phy_device from being unexpectedly kfree(