A list_add corruption is reported by Hulk Robot like this: ============== list_add corruption. Call Trace: link_obj+0xc0/0x1c0 link_group+0x21/0x140 configfs_register_subsystem+0xdb/0x380 acpi_configfs_init+0x25/0x1000 [acpi_configfs] do_one_initcall+0x149/0x820 do_init_module+0x1ef/0x720 load_module+0x35c8/0x4380 __do_sys_finit_module+0x10d/0x1a0 do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 It's because of the missing check after configfs_register_default_group, where configfs_unregister_subsystem should be called once failure. Fixes: 612bd01fc6e0 ("ACPI: add support for loading SSDTs via configfs") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c index cf91f4910..25512ab0e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c @@ -268,7 +268,12 @@ static int __init acpi_configfs_init(void) acpi_table_group = configfs_register_default_group(root, "table", &acpi_tables_type); - return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(acpi_table_group); + if (IS_ERR(acpi_table_group)) { + configfs_register_subsystem(&acpi_configfs); + return PTR_ERR(acpi_table_group); + } + + return 0; } module_init(acpi_configfs_init); -- 2.23.0