Fault-inject tests reports this issue: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 52 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:582 __mutex_lock+0x1366/0x15b0 Call Trace: <TASK> cr0014114_set_sync+0x2d/0x80 [leds_cr0014114 dbd1de3fefae3e163bcc08f4eeaa6d1b243203a9] set_brightness_delayed+0xc2/0x140 process_one_work+0x651/0xc30 worker_thread+0x30b/0x820 kthread+0x1a0/0x1e0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> The issue occurs in the following scenarios: .probe() mutex_init() led->brightness_set_blocking = callback <-- e.g. cr0014114_set_sync() devm_led_classdev_register_ext() <-- dr->node.release = devm_led_classdev_release() ... .remove() mutex_destroy(lock) <-- lock destroy worker_thread() set_brightness_work set_brightness_delayed() __led_set_brightness_blocking() led_cdev->brightness_set_blocking() <-- callback, e.g. cr0014114_set_sync() mutex_lock(lock) <-- lock is used after destroy .release() devm_led_classdev_release() led_classdev_unregister() <-- flush set_brightness_work When non-devm resources are allocated they mustn't be followed by devm allocations, otherwise it will break the tear down ordering and might lead to crashes or other bugs during ->remove() stage. Fix this by wrapping mutex_destroy() call with devm_add_action_or_reset(). Wang Yufen (13): leds: cr0014114: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: el15203000: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: lm3532: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: lm3692x: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: lm3697: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: lp50xx: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: lp8860: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: mlxreg: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: mt6323: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: powernv: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: sc27xx: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: spi-byte: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering leds: rt8515: Fix devm vs. non-devm ordering drivers/leds/flash/leds-rt8515.c | 11 +++++++++-- drivers/leds/leds-cr0014114.c | 11 ++++++++++- drivers/leds/leds-el15203000.c | 18 +++++++++++------- drivers/leds/leds-lm3532.c | 10 ++++++++++ drivers/leds/leds-lm3692x.c | 11 ++++++++++- drivers/leds/leds-lm3697.c | 13 ++++++++++--- drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c | 12 ++++++++++-- drivers/leds/leds-lp8860.c | 11 +++++++++-- drivers/leds/leds-mlxreg.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- drivers/leds/leds-mt6323.c | 11 +++++++++-- drivers/leds/leds-powernv.c | 12 +++++++++--- drivers/leds/leds-sc27xx-bltc.c | 27 +++++++++++---------------- drivers/leds/leds-spi-byte.c | 21 ++++++++++----------- 13 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1