Re: [PATCH net-next v5 05/13] net: pcs: add Renesas MII converter driver

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On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 09:52:41AM +0200, Clément Léger wrote:
> > Also, as a request to unbind this driver would be disasterous to users,
> > I think you should set ".suppress_bind_attrs = true" to prevent the
> > sysfs bind/unbind facility being available. This doesn't completely
> > solve the problem.
> 
> Acked. What should I do to make it more robust ? Should I use a
> refcount per pdev and check that in the remove() callback to avoid
> removing the pdev if used ?

I wonder, if you call device_link_add(ds->dev, miic->dev, DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER),
wouldn't that be enough to auto-unbind the DSA driver when the MII
converter driver unbinds?



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