> The difference with the non-optional case is that > __devm_reset_control_get() registers a cleanup function if there's > no error condition, even for NULL (which is futile, will send a patch). > > However, more importantly, mdiobus_register_reset() calls a devm_*() > function on "&mdiodev->dev" ("mdio_bus ee700000.ethernet-ffffffff:01"), > which is a different device than the one being probed > (("ee700000.ethernet"), see also the callstack below). > In fact "&mdiodev->dev" hasn't been probed yet, leading to the WARNING > when it is probed later. > > [<c0582de8>] (mdiobus_register_device) from [<c05810e0>] (phy_device_register+0xc/0x74) > [<c05810e0>] (phy_device_register) from [<c0675ef4>] (of_mdiobus_register_phy+0x144/0x17c) > [<c0675ef4>] (of_mdiobus_register_phy) from [<c06760f0>] (of_mdiobus_register+0x1c4/0x2d0) > [<c06760f0>] (of_mdiobus_register) from [<c0589f0c>] (sh_eth_drv_probe+0x778/0x8ac) > [<c0589f0c>] (sh_eth_drv_probe) from [<c0516ce8>] (platform_drv_probe+0x48/0x94) > > Has commit 71dd6c0dff51b5f1 ("net: phy: add support for > reset-controller") been tested with an actual reset present? > > Are Ethernet drivers not (no longer) allowed to register MDIO busses? That is not good. The devm_reset_control_get() call need replaces with an unmanaged version, and a call to reset_control_put() added to mdiobus_unregister_device(). David, could you look at this, it was a patch from you that added this. Andrew