From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> There is a race condition in acpi_ec_get_query_handler() theoretically allowing query handlers to go away before reference counting them. In order to avoid it, call kref_get() on query handlers under ec->mutex. Also simplify the code a bit while at it. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/ec.c | 16 ++++------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/ec.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/ec.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/ec.c @@ -1053,28 +1053,20 @@ void acpi_ec_unblock_transactions(void) Event Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ static struct acpi_ec_query_handler * -acpi_ec_get_query_handler(struct acpi_ec_query_handler *handler) -{ - if (handler) - kref_get(&handler->kref); - return handler; -} - -static struct acpi_ec_query_handler * acpi_ec_get_query_handler_by_value(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 value) { struct acpi_ec_query_handler *handler; - bool found = false; mutex_lock(&ec->mutex); list_for_each_entry(handler, &ec->list, node) { if (value == handler->query_bit) { - found = true; - break; + kref_get(&handler->kref); + mutex_unlock(&ec->mutex); + return handler; } } mutex_unlock(&ec->mutex); - return found ? acpi_ec_get_query_handler(handler) : NULL; + return NULL; } static void acpi_ec_query_handler_release(struct kref *kref)