[PATCH v3] net: phy: fix duplicate eth_phy binding

Pranav Tilak pranav.vinaytilak at amd.com
Tue Apr 21 13:34:07 CEST 2026


When both CONFIG_PHY_ETHERNET_ID and CONFIG_DM_ETH_PHY are enabled,
eth_phy_binds_nodes() called from eth_post_bind() already binds the
ethernet PHY node to eth_phy_generic_drv. However, phy_connect_phy_id()
called via phy_connect() also binds the same PHY node, resulting in
duplicate entries in the DM tree.

Fix this by checking at the beginning of phy_connect() whether the PHY
is already bound via uclass_get_device_by_phandle(). If so, skip all
generic binding methods.

Fixes: 68a4d1506109 ("net: phy: Bind ETH_PHY uclass driver to each new PHY")
Signed-off-by: Pranav Tilak <pranav.vinaytilak at amd.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Moved duplicate binding check to beginning of phy_connect()

Changes in v2:
- Move duplicate binding check to caller phy_connect()
- Update commit description

 drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index d7e0c4fe02d..b1eb5173fe8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -927,7 +927,12 @@ struct phy_device *phy_connect(struct mii_dev *bus, int addr,
 {
 	struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
 	uint mask = (addr >= 0) ? (1 << addr) : 0xffffffff;
+	struct udevice *phy_dev;
 
+	/* Skip binding if PHY already bound by eth_phy_binds_nodes(). */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DM_ETH_PHY) ||
+	    uclass_get_device_by_phandle(UCLASS_ETH_PHY, dev,
+					 "phy-handle", &phy_dev)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHY_FIXED
 	phydev = phy_connect_fixed(bus, dev);
 #endif
@@ -946,6 +951,7 @@ struct phy_device *phy_connect(struct mii_dev *bus, int addr,
 	if (!phydev)
 		phydev = phy_connect_gmii2rgmii(bus, dev);
 #endif
+	}
 
 	if (!phydev)
 		phydev = phy_find_by_mask(bus, mask);
-- 
2.34.1



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