In xgene_hwmon_probe, &ctx->workq is bound with xgene_hwmon_evt_work. Then it will be started. If we remove the driver which will call xgene_hwmon_remove to make cleanup, there may be a unfinished work. The possiblesequence is as follows: Fix it by finishing the work before cleanup in the xgene_hwmon_remove CPU0 CPU1 |xgene_hwmon_evt_work xgene_hwmon_remove | kfifo_free(&ctx->async_msg_fifo);| | |kfifo_out_spinlocked |//use &ctx->async_msg_fifo Fixes: 2ca492e22cb7 ("hwmon: (xgene) Fix crash when alarm occurs before driver probe") Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c index 5cde837bfd09..d1abea49f01b 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c @@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ static int xgene_hwmon_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) { struct xgene_hwmon_dev *ctx = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); + cancel_work_sync(&ctx->workq); hwmon_device_unregister(ctx->hwmon_dev); kfifo_free(&ctx->async_msg_fifo); if (acpi_disabled) -- 2.25.1