When ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY is not configured, memory_device_handler.attach is not set. And in acpi_scan_attach_handler(), the acpi_device->handler will not be initialized. In acpi_scan_hot_remove(), it doesn't check if acpi_device->handler is NULL. If we do memory hot-remove without ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY configured, the kernel will panic. [ 250.304538] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000088 [ 250.304960] IP: [<ffffffff813e318f>] acpi_device_hotplug+0x1d7/0x4c4 [ 250.305120] PGD 0 [ 250.305120] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 250.305120] Modules linked in: sd_mod(E) sr_mod(E) cdrom(E) crc_t10dif(E) crct10dif_common(E) ata_piix(E) libata(E) [ 250.305120] CPU: 0 PID: 41 Comm: kworker/u2:1 Tainted: G E 3.16.0-rc7--3.16-rc7-tangchen+ #20 [ 250.305120] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.7.5-0-ge51488c-20140602_164612-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014 [ 250.305120] Workqueue: kacpi_hotplug acpi_hotplug_work_fn [ 250.305120] task: ffff8800182436c0 ti: ffff880018254000 task.ti: ffff880018254000 [ 250.305120] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff813e318f>] [<ffffffff813e318f>] acpi_device_hotplug+0x1d7/0x4c4 [ 250.305120] RSP: 0000:ffff880018257da8 EFLAGS: 00000246 [ 250.305120] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88001cd8d800 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 250.305120] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88001e40e6f8 RDI: 0000000000000246 [ 250.305120] RBP: ffff880018257df0 R08: 0000000000000096 R09: 00000000000011a0 [ 250.305120] R10: 63735f6970636120 R11: 725f746f685f6e61 R12: 0000000000000003 [ 250.305120] R13: ffff88001cc1c400 R14: ffff88001e062028 R15: 0000000000000040 [ 250.305120] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88001e400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 250.305120] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 250.305120] CR2: 0000000000000088 CR3: 000000001a9a2000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [ 250.305120] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 250.305120] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 0000000000000000 DR7: 0000000000000000 [ 250.305120] Stack: [ 250.305120] 00000000523cab58 ffff88001cd8d9f8 ffff88001852d480 00000000523cab58 [ 250.305120] ffff88001852d480 ffff880018221e40 ffff88001cc1c400 ffff88001cce2d00 [ 250.305120] 0000000000000040 ffff880018257e08 ffffffff813dc31d ffff88001852d480 [ 250.305120] Call Trace: [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff813dc31d>] acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x1e/0x29 [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff8108eefb>] process_one_work+0x17b/0x460 [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff8108f69d>] worker_thread+0x11d/0x5b0 [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff8108f580>] ? rescuer_thread+0x3a0/0x3a0 [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff81096811>] kthread+0xe1/0x100 [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff81096730>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff816cc6bc>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [ 250.305120] [<ffffffff81096730>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1a0/0x1a0 This patch fixes this problem by checking if acpi_device->handler is NULL in acpi_scan_hot_remove(). Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/scan.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c index f775fa0..aae0ce0 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c @@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ static int acpi_scan_hot_remove(struct acpi_device *device) unsigned long long sta; acpi_status status; - if (device->handler->hotplug.demand_offline && !acpi_force_hot_remove) { + if (device->handler && device->handler->hotplug.demand_offline + && !acpi_force_hot_remove) { if (!acpi_scan_is_offline(device, true)) return -EBUSY; } else { -- 1.8.4.2 -- 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