Use devfreq_list_lock around list_del() to prevent list corruption. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: changes base on MyungJoo's comment. Note, devfreq_list_lock lock region does not to include device_unregister(&devfreq->dev); drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c index 478006b..66d3c718 100644 --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c @@ -594,17 +594,19 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev, if (devfreq->governor) err = devfreq->governor->event_handler(devfreq, DEVFREQ_GOV_START, NULL); - mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock); if (err) { dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to start governor for the device\n", __func__); goto err_init; } + mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock); return devfreq; err_init: list_del(&devfreq->node); + mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock); + device_unregister(&devfreq->dev); err_out: return ERR_PTR(err); -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-samsung-soc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html