of_mdiobus_register creates a phy_device even if get_phy_device failed
to create it previously. This causes indefinite polling on non-existent
PHYs. This fix makes of_mdio_register rely on get_phy_device to
properly create the device or fail otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <[email protected]>
---
Cc: Grant Likely <[email protected]>
Cc: Rob Herring <[email protected]>
Cc: David Miller <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
---
 drivers/of/of_mdio.c |   11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
index 23049ae..d5a57a9 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
@@ -84,13 +84,10 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct 
device_node *np)
                phy = get_phy_device(mdio, addr, is_c45);
 
                if (!phy || IS_ERR(phy)) {
-                       phy = phy_device_create(mdio, addr, 0, false, NULL);
-                       if (!phy || IS_ERR(phy)) {
-                               dev_err(&mdio->dev,
-                                       "error creating PHY at address %i\n",
-                                       addr);
-                               continue;
-                       }
+                       dev_err(&mdio->dev,
+                               "cannot get PHY at address %i\n",
+                               addr);
+                       continue;
                }
 
                /* Associate the OF node with the device structure so it
-- 
1.7.10.4

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