In the routine that generically cleans up an els after completion, the ndlp put is done prior to the freeing of the iocb. The iocb may reference the ndlp. Move the lpfc_nlp_put after freeing the iocb. Co-developed-by: Justin Tee <justin.tee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Justin Tee <justin.tee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: James Smart <jsmart2021@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c index b5c224aafea0..1abf63c85c4b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c @@ -11623,6 +11623,7 @@ void lpfc_ignore_els_cmpl(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb, struct lpfc_iocbq *rspiocb) { + struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp = (struct lpfc_nodelist *) cmdiocb->context1; IOCB_t *irsp = &rspiocb->iocb; /* ELS cmd tag <ulpIoTag> completes */ @@ -11631,11 +11632,16 @@ lpfc_ignore_els_cmpl(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb, "x%x x%x x%x\n", irsp->ulpIoTag, irsp->ulpStatus, irsp->un.ulpWord[4], irsp->ulpTimeout); - lpfc_nlp_put((struct lpfc_nodelist *)cmdiocb->context1); + /* + * Deref the ndlp after free_iocb. sli_release_iocb will access the ndlp + * if exchange is busy. + */ if (cmdiocb->iocb.ulpCommand == CMD_GEN_REQUEST64_CR) lpfc_ct_free_iocb(phba, cmdiocb); else lpfc_els_free_iocb(phba, cmdiocb); + + lpfc_nlp_put(ndlp); } /** -- 2.26.2