[PATCH v4] net: phy: fix duplicate eth_phy binding

Pranav Tilak pranav.vinaytilak at amd.com
Tue May 12 14:23:23 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_find_device_by_phandle(). If so, skip all
generic binding methods and fall through to phy_find_by_mask(). Also
assign phydev->node from the already bound DM device.

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 v4:
- Removed IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DM_ETH_PHY), use runtime check via
  uclass_find_device_by_phandle()
- Fix indentation of binding methods block
- Assign phydev->node from the bound DM device's ofnode
- Use phy_bound flag for clarity

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 | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index d7e0c4fe02d..386d89aed24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <dm/uclass-internal.h>
 
 /* Generic PHY support and helper functions */
 
@@ -927,29 +928,40 @@ 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;
+	bool phy_bound;
+
+	/* Skip binding if PHY already bound by eth_phy_binds_nodes(). */
+	phy_bound = !uclass_find_device_by_phandle(UCLASS_ETH_PHY, dev,
+						       "phy-handle",
+						       &phy_dev);
+	if (!phy_bound) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHY_FIXED
-	phydev = phy_connect_fixed(bus, dev);
+		phydev = phy_connect_fixed(bus, dev);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHY_NCSI
-	if (!phydev && interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NCSI)
-		phydev = phy_device_create(bus, 0, PHY_NCSI_ID, false);
+		if (!phydev && interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NCSI)
+			phydev = phy_device_create(bus, 0, PHY_NCSI_ID, false);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHY_ETHERNET_ID
-	if (!phydev)
-		phydev = phy_connect_phy_id(bus, dev, addr);
+		if (!phydev)
+			phydev = phy_connect_phy_id(bus, dev, addr);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHY_XILINX_GMII2RGMII
-	if (!phydev)
-		phydev = phy_connect_gmii2rgmii(bus, dev);
+		if (!phydev)
+			phydev = phy_connect_gmii2rgmii(bus, dev);
 #endif
+	}
 
 	if (!phydev)
 		phydev = phy_find_by_mask(bus, mask);
 
+	if (phydev && phy_bound && !ofnode_valid(phydev->node))
+		phydev->node = dev_ofnode(phy_dev);
+
 	if (phydev)
 		phy_connect_dev(phydev, dev, interface);
 	else
-- 
2.34.1



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