We can't check ref->data->confirm_switch directly in __percpu_ref_exit(), since ref->data may not be allocated in one not-initialized refcount. Fixes: 2b0d3d3e4fcf ("percpu_ref: reduce memory footprint of percpu_ref in fast path") Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/percpu-refcount.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c index b6350d13538a..e59eda07305e 100644 --- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c +++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void __percpu_ref_exit(struct percpu_ref *ref) if (percpu_count) { /* non-NULL confirm_switch indicates switching in progress */ - WARN_ON_ONCE(ref->data->confirm_switch); + WARN_ON_ONCE(ref->data && ref->data->confirm_switch); free_percpu(percpu_count); ref->percpu_count_ptr = __PERCPU_REF_ATOMIC_DEAD; } -- 2.25.2