fsl_mc_get_endpoint() returns the MAC endpoint device with a reference
taken through device_find_child(). The Ethernet connect path stores that
device in mac->mc_dev and keeps it for the lifetime of the connected MAC
object.

However, the disconnect path only disconnects and closes the MAC before
freeing the dpaa2_mac object. It does not drop the endpoint device
reference stored in mac->mc_dev, so every successful connect leaks that
device reference when the MAC is later disconnected.

Drop the endpoint device reference after closing the MAC and before
freeing the dpaa2_mac object.

Fixes: 719479230893 ("dpaa2-eth: add MAC/PHY support through phylink")
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index 9335703768a9..764d2a09668f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c

@@ -4732,6 +4732,7 @@ static void dpaa2_eth_disconnect_mac(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 		dpaa2_mac_disconnect(mac);
 
 	dpaa2_mac_close(mac);
+	put_device(&mac->mc_dev->dev);
 	kfree(mac);
 }
 

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