Quoting Deepak Kumar Singh (2022-09-05 11:55:20) > Hold ctrl device lock in rpmsg_ctrldev_remove to avoid any > new create ept call to proceed, otherwise new ept creation > and associted char device may suceed. Any further call from s/associted/associated/ s/suceed/succeed/ > user space for rpmsg_eptdev_open will reference already freed rpmsg_eptdev_open() > rpdev and will result in crash. Below crash signature was > observed - > > rpmsg_create_ept+0x40/0xa0 > rpmsg_eptdev_open+0x88/0x138 > chrdev_open+0xc4/0x1c8 > do_dentry_open+0x230/0x378 > vfs_open+0x3c/0x48 > path_openat+0x93c/0xa78 > do_filp_open+0x98/0x118 > do_sys_openat2+0x90/0x220 > do_sys_open+0x64/0x8c Again, can you show a CPU diagram for what you're fixing? I think the problem is device is going away, but chrdev_open() is being called and that's accessing a device that's on the way out?