Found 4.9 and later, removing pci device for pcie port via /sys failed: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at drivers/pci/msi.c:370! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 14509 Comm: sh Tainted: G W 4.8.0-rc1-yh-00012-gd29438d RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff9758bbf5>] free_msi_irqs+0x65/0x190 ... Call Trace: [<ffffffff9758cda4>] pci_disable_msi+0x34/0x40 [<ffffffff97583817>] cleanup_service_irqs+0x27/0x30 [<ffffffff97583e9a>] pcie_port_device_remove+0x2a/0x40 [<ffffffff97584250>] pcie_portdrv_remove+0x40/0x50 [<ffffffff97576d7b>] pci_device_remove+0x4b/0xc0 [<ffffffff9785ebe6>] __device_release_driver+0xb6/0x150 [<ffffffff9785eca5>] device_release_driver+0x25/0x40 [<ffffffff975702e4>] pci_stop_bus_device+0x74/0xa0 [<ffffffff975704ea>] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x1a/0x30 [<ffffffff97578810>] remove_store+0x50/0x70 [<ffffffff9785a378>] dev_attr_store+0x18/0x30 [<ffffffff97260b64>] sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x60 [<ffffffff9725feae>] kernfs_fop_write+0x10e/0x190 [<ffffffff971e13f8>] __vfs_write+0x28/0x110 [<ffffffff970b0fa4>] ? percpu_down_read+0x44/0x80 [<ffffffff971e53a7>] ? __sb_start_write+0xa7/0xe0 [<ffffffff971e53a7>] ? __sb_start_write+0xa7/0xe0 [<ffffffff971e1f04>] vfs_write+0xc4/0x180 [<ffffffff971e3089>] SyS_write+0x49/0xa0 [<ffffffff97001a46>] do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1b0 [<ffffffff9819201e>] entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25 ... RIP [<ffffffff9758bbf5>] free_msi_irqs+0x65/0x190 RSP <ffff89ad3085bc48> ---[ end trace f4505e1dac5b95d3 ]--- Segmentation fault Bisect to commit d7def2040077 ("PCI/PME: Make explicitly non-modular"). That commit did extra thing like remove the .remove for pcie_pme_driver. Put back pcie_pme_remove and restore to pcie_pme_driver fix the problem. Fixes: d7def2040077 ("PCI/PME: Make explicitly non-modular") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c index 7175293..2dd1c68 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c @@ -433,6 +433,17 @@ static int pcie_pme_resume(struct pcie_device *srv) return 0; } +/** + * pcie_pme_remove - Prepare PCIe PME service device for removal. + * @srv - PCIe service device to remove. + */ +static void pcie_pme_remove(struct pcie_device *srv) +{ + pcie_pme_suspend(srv); + free_irq(srv->irq, srv); + kfree(get_service_data(srv)); +} + static struct pcie_port_service_driver pcie_pme_driver = { .name = "pcie_pme", .port_type = PCI_EXP_TYPE_ROOT_PORT, @@ -441,6 +452,7 @@ static struct pcie_port_service_driver pcie_pme_driver = { .probe = pcie_pme_probe, .suspend = pcie_pme_suspend, .resume = pcie_pme_resume, + .remove = pcie_pme_remove, }; /**