From: Dragos Bogdan <dragos.bogdan@xxxxxxxxxx> axi_fan_control_irq_handler(), dependent on the private axi_fan_control_data structure, might be called before the hwmon device is registered. That will cause an "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" error. Fixes: 8412b41 ("hwmon: Support ADI Fan Control IP") Signed-off-by: Dragos Bogdan <dragos.bogdan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/axi-fan-control.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/axi-fan-control.c b/drivers/hwmon/axi-fan-control.c index 5fd136baf1cd..19b9bf3d75ef 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/axi-fan-control.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/axi-fan-control.c @@ -496,6 +496,21 @@ static int axi_fan_control_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENODEV; } + ret = axi_fan_control_init(ctl, pdev->dev.of_node); + if (ret) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to initialize device\n"); + return ret; + } + + ctl->hdev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(&pdev->dev, + name, + ctl, + &axi_chip_info, + axi_fan_control_groups); + + if (IS_ERR(ctl->hdev)) + return PTR_ERR(ctl->hdev); + ctl->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0); if (ctl->irq < 0) return ctl->irq; @@ -509,19 +524,7 @@ static int axi_fan_control_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return ret; } - ret = axi_fan_control_init(ctl, pdev->dev.of_node); - if (ret) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to initialize device\n"); - return ret; - } - - ctl->hdev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(&pdev->dev, - name, - ctl, - &axi_chip_info, - axi_fan_control_groups); - - return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ctl->hdev); + return 0; } static struct platform_driver axi_fan_control_driver = { -- 2.42.0