The for_each_child_of_node() loop captures mdio_np via break,
holding the refcount. of_mdiobus_register() does not consume the
reference, so it leaks on success.

Put it after registration.

Fixes: e6ad767305eb ("drivers: net: Add APM X-Gene SoC ethernet driver support.")
Signed-off-by: Shitalkumar Gandhi <shitalkumar.gandhi@cambiumnetworks.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c
index b854b6b42d77..2926e1e59941 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c
@@ -910,7 +910,9 @@ static int xgene_mdiobus_register(struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata,
 			return -ENXIO;
 		}
 
-		return of_mdiobus_register(mdio, mdio_np);
+		ret = of_mdiobus_register(mdio, mdio_np);
+		of_node_put(mdio_np);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	/* Mask out all PHYs from auto probing. */
-- 
2.25.1

On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 07:50:24PM +0530, Shitalkumar Gandhi wrote:
> The for_each_child_of_node() loop captures mdio_np via break,
> holding the refcount. of_mdiobus_register() does not consume the
> reference, so it leaks on success.
> 
> Put it after registration.
> 
> Fixes: e6ad767305eb ("drivers: net: Add APM X-Gene SoC ethernet driver support.")
> Signed-off-by: Shitalkumar Gandhi <shitalkumar.gandhi@cambiumnetworks.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

FTR: There is an AI-generated review of this patch which you may
     want to look at for possible follow-up. I do not believe it
     should block progress of this patch.

On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 07:41:27PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 07:50:24PM +0530, Shitalkumar Gandhi wrote:
> > The for_each_child_of_node() loop captures mdio_np via break,
> > holding the refcount. of_mdiobus_register() does not consume the
> > reference, so it leaks on success.
> > 
> > Put it after registration.
> > 
> > Fixes: e6ad767305eb ("drivers: net: Add APM X-Gene SoC ethernet driver support.")
> > Signed-off-by: Shitalkumar Gandhi <shitalkumar.gandhi@cambiumnetworks.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
> 
> FTR: There is an AI-generated review of this patch which you may
>      want to look at for possible follow-up. I do not believe it
>      should block progress of this patch.

       I meant to mention that the AI-generated review I'm referring
       to is available on sashiko.dev.