In case siw module can't be inserted successfully, after that remove the module from kernel, then both siw_cm_exit and the failure path in siw_init_module call siw_cm_exit, which cause below issue. [ 73.561312] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000040000004c [ 73.561317] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 73.561319] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 73.561320] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 73.561322] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 73.561324] CPU: 1 PID: 1693 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G OE 6.5.0-rc3+ #16 [ 73.561326] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552c-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014 [ 73.561327] RIP: 0010:device_del+0x22/0x3d0 ... [ 73.561347] Call Trace: [ 73.561348] <TASK> [ 73.561350] ? show_regs+0x72/0x90 [ 73.561353] ? __die+0x25/0x80 [ 73.561355] ? page_fault_oops+0x154/0x4d0 [ 73.561357] ? lockdep_unlock+0x63/0xe0 [ 73.561361] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x381/0x8d0 [ 73.561363] ? rcu_is_watching+0x13/0x70 [ 73.561365] ? exc_page_fault+0x87/0x240 [ 73.561369] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 [ 73.561373] ? device_del+0x22/0x3d0 [ 73.561374] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 [ 73.561377] device_unregister+0x18/0x70 [ 73.561378] destroy_workqueue+0x33/0x2d0 [ 73.561381] siw_cm_exit+0x1a/0x30 [siw] [ 73.561387] siw_exit_module+0x96/0x5a0 [siw] So we need to set the workqueue to NULL after it is destroyed. Signed-off-by: Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c index da530c0404da..758ac8a22f7a 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c @@ -1958,6 +1958,8 @@ int siw_cm_init(void) void siw_cm_exit(void) { - if (siw_cm_wq) + if (siw_cm_wq) { destroy_workqueue(siw_cm_wq); + siw_cm_wq = NULL; + } } -- 2.34.1