Fix kernel oops in pci_release_slot() when dbg() is enabled. The dbg() in pci_release_slot() cause a kernel oops (invalid memory access) because it accesses slot after it is released. We need to access slot before calling kobject_put(). Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/slot.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.25-rc6/drivers/pci/slot.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.25-rc6.orig/drivers/pci/slot.c +++ linux-2.6.25-rc6/drivers/pci/slot.c @@ -191,13 +191,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_create_slot); int pci_destroy_slot(struct pci_slot *slot) { + dbg("%s: decreased refcount to %d on %x:%d\n", __func__, + atomic_read(&slot->kobj.kref.refcount) - 1, slot->bus->number, + slot->number); + down_write(&pci_bus_sem); kobject_put(&slot->kobj); up_write(&pci_bus_sem); - dbg("%s: decreased refcount to %d on %x:%d\n", __func__, - atomic_read(&slot->kobj.kref.refcount), slot->bus->number, - slot->number); return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_destroy_slot); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html