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Jakub Kicinski 175811b8f0 Revert "net: mdio_bus: Use devm for getting reset GPIO"
This reverts commit 3b98c93525.

Russell says:

  Using devm_*() [here] is completely wrong, because this is called
  from mdiobus_register_device(). This is not the probe function
  for the device, and thus there is no code to trigger the release of
  the resource on unregistration.

  Moreover, when the mdiodev is eventually probed, if the driver fails
  or the driver is unbound, the GPIO will be released, but a reference
  will be left behind.

  Using devm* with a struct device that is *not* currently being probed
  is fundamentally wrong - an abuse of devm.

Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/95449490-fa58-41d4-9493-c9213c1f2e7d@sirena.org.uk
Suggested-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Fixes: 3b98c93525 ("net: mdio_bus: Use devm for getting reset GPIO")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250801212742.2607149-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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