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net/sb1250: register mdio bus in probe
"ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 down" triggers: | kobject (a8000000cfa5a480): tried to init an initialized object, something is seriously wrong. | Call Trace: | [<ffffffff8010aabc>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34 | [<ffffffff80293128>] kobject_init+0xe8/0xf0 | [<ffffffff802d922c>] device_initialize+0x2c/0x98 | [<ffffffff802d9cfc>] device_register+0x14/0x28 | [<ffffffff80312cd4>] mdiobus_register+0xdc/0x1e0 | [<ffffffff80314cf0>] sbmac_open+0x58/0x220 | [<ffffffff803519bc>] __dev_open+0x11c/0x180 | [<ffffffff8034d578>] __dev_change_flags+0x120/0x180 | [<ffffffff80351848>] dev_change_flags+0x20/0x78 | [<ffffffff803a753c>] devinet_ioctl+0x7cc/0x820 | [<ffffffff80339ac8>] sock_do_ioctl+0x38/0x90 | [<ffffffff8033a258>] compat_sock_ioctl_trans+0x408/0x1030 | [<ffffffff8033af30>] compat_sock_ioctl+0xb0/0xd0 | [<ffffffff80208b08>] compat_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0x18b8 | [<ffffffff80102f94>] handle_sys+0x114/0x130 | | sb1250-mac-mdio: probed mdiobus_register() calls device_register() which initializes the kobj of the device. mdiobus_unregister() calls only device_del() so we have one reference left. That one is leaving with mdiobus_free() which is only called on remove. Since I don't see any reason why mdiobus_register()/mdiobus_unregister() should happen in ->open()/->close() I move them to probe & exit. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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