"ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 down" triggers:
| kobject (a8000000cfa5a480): tried to init an initialized object, something is seriously wrong.
| Call Trace:
| [<ffffffff8010aabc>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
| [<ffffffff80293128>] kobject_init+0xe8/0xf0
| [<ffffffff802d922c>] device_initialize+0x2c/0x98
| [<ffffffff802d9cfc>] device_register+0x14/0x28
| [<ffffffff80312cd4>] mdiobus_register+0xdc/0x1e0
| [<ffffffff80314cf0>] sbmac_open+0x58/0x220
| [<ffffffff803519bc>] __dev_open+0x11c/0x180
| [<ffffffff8034d578>] __dev_change_flags+0x120/0x180
| [<ffffffff80351848>] dev_change_flags+0x20/0x78
| [<ffffffff803a753c>] devinet_ioctl+0x7cc/0x820
| [<ffffffff80339ac8>] sock_do_ioctl+0x38/0x90
| [<ffffffff8033a258>] compat_sock_ioctl_trans+0x408/0x1030
| [<ffffffff8033af30>] compat_sock_ioctl+0xb0/0xd0
| [<ffffffff80208b08>] compat_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0x18b8
| [<ffffffff80102f94>] handle_sys+0x114/0x130
|
| sb1250-mac-mdio: probed

mdiobus_register() calls device_register() which initializes the kobj of
the device. mdiobus_unregister() calls only device_del() so we have one
reference left. That one is leaving with mdiobus_free() which is only
called on remove.
Since I don't see any reason why mdiobus_register()/mdiobus_unregister()
should happen in ->open()/->close() I move them to probe & exit.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>