On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 05:21:14PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > I believe I added the power_count check for phy_exit(). But since that got > moved, the check becomes no longer necessary.
FYI, the power_count keeps track of the balance of phy_power_on() and phy_power_off() calls, whereas it is the init_count keeps track of phy_init() and phy_exit() calls. They are only related to the extent that you must respect the phy_init() -> phy_power_on() -> phy_power_off() -> phy_exit() sequence. But in any case, both should be considered PHY-internal fields. The "Order of API calls" section from Documentation/driver-api/phy/phy.rst mentions the order that I just described above, and consumers should just ensure they follow that.
