Re: [PATCH 5.10] net: cpsw_new: Fix potential unregister of netdev that has not been registered yet

Sasha Levin <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 20:38:31 -0400

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-omap,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.stable
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> If an error occurs during register_netdev() for the first MAC in
> cpsw_register_ports(), even though cpsw->slaves[0].ndev is set to NULL,
> cpsw->slaves[1].ndev would remain unchanged. This could later cause
> cpsw_unregister_ports() to attempt unregistering the second MAC.

Queued for 5.10.y, thanks.

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Thanks,
Sasha