mac->phy_node is acquired via of_parse_phandle() in spl2sw_probe() and stored in the mac private data, transferring ownership of the device_node reference to mac. On driver removal, spl2sw_phy_remove() disconnects the PHY but never drops that reference, so each probe-then-remove cycle leaks one of_node refcount per port permanently. Drop the reference after phy_disconnect(). While at it, remove the redundant inner "if (ndev)" check; comm->ndev[i] was just verified non-NULL on the line above. Compile-tested only; no SP7021 hardware available. Fixes: fd3040b9394c ("net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021") Signed-off-by: Shitalkumar Gandhi --- drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_phy.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_phy.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_phy.c index 6f899e48f51d..a4889c52e00e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_phy.c @@ -79,12 +79,14 @@ int spl2sw_phy_connect(struct spl2sw_common *comm) void spl2sw_phy_remove(struct spl2sw_common *comm) { struct net_device *ndev; + struct spl2sw_mac *mac; int i; for (i = 0; i < MAX_NETDEV_NUM; i++) if (comm->ndev[i]) { ndev = comm->ndev[i]; - if (ndev) - phy_disconnect(ndev->phydev); + mac = netdev_priv(ndev); + phy_disconnect(ndev->phydev); + of_node_put(mac->phy_node); } } -- 2.25.1