FAILED: Patch "net: cpsw_new: Fix unnecessary netdev unregistration in cpsw_probe() error path" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-03-01 01:45:35
Also in: linux-omap, stable
Subsystem: networking drivers, the rest, ti ethernet switch driver (cpsw) · Maintainers: Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to [off-list ref].

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 62db84b7efa63b78aed9fdbdae90f198771be94c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Hao <redacted>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 10:47:02 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] net: cpsw_new: Fix unnecessary netdev unregistration in
 cpsw_probe() error path

The current error handling in cpsw_probe() has two issues:
- cpsw_unregister_ports() may be called before cpsw_register_ports() has
  been executed.

- cpsw_unregister_ports() is already invoked within cpsw_register_ports()
  in case of a register_netdev() failure, but the error path would call
  it again.

Fixes: ed3525eda4c4 ("net: ethernet: ti: introduce cpsw switchdev based driver part 1 - dual-emac")
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <redacted>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205-cpsw-error-path-v1-1-6e58bae6b299@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
index 21af0a10626aa..b9fc31eb06134 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* setup netdevs */
 	ret = cpsw_create_ports(cpsw);
 	if (ret)
-		goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+		goto clean_cpts;
 
 	/* Grab RX and TX IRQs. Note that we also have RX_THRESHOLD and
 	 * MISC IRQs which are always kept disabled with this driver so
@@ -2017,14 +2017,14 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			       0, dev_name(dev), cpsw);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "error attaching irq (%d)\n", ret);
-		goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+		goto clean_cpts;
 	}
 
 	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, cpsw->irqs_table[1], cpsw_tx_interrupt,
 			       0, dev_name(dev), cpsw);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "error attaching irq (%d)\n", ret);
-		goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+		goto clean_cpts;
 	}
 
 	if (!cpsw->cpts)
@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			       0, dev_name(&pdev->dev), cpsw);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "error attaching misc irq (%d)\n", ret);
-		goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+		goto clean_cpts;
 	}
 
 	/* Enable misc CPTS evnt_pend IRQ */
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 skip_cpts:
 	ret = cpsw_register_notifiers(cpsw);
 	if (ret)
-		goto clean_unregister_netdev;
+		goto clean_cpts;
 
 	ret = cpsw_register_devlink(cpsw);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2065,8 +2065,6 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 clean_unregister_notifiers:
 	cpsw_unregister_notifiers(cpsw);
-clean_unregister_netdev:
-	cpsw_unregister_ports(cpsw);
 clean_cpts:
 	cpts_release(cpsw->cpts);
 	cpdma_ctlr_destroy(cpsw->dma);
-- 
2.51.0



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