The phba->poll_list is traversed in case of an error in lpfc_sli4_hba_setup(), so it must be initialized earlier in case the error path is taken. [ 490.030738] lpfc 0000:65:00.0: 0:1413 Failed to init iocb list. [ 490.036661] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 [ 490.044485] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 490.047027] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [ 490.050518] CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G I --------- - - 4.18. [ 490.060511] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R440/0WKGTH, BIOS 1.4.8 05/22/2018 [ 490.067994] Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn [ 490.072371] RIP: 0010:lpfc_sli4_cleanup_poll_list+0x20/0xb0 [lpfc] [ 490.078546] Code: cf e9 04 f7 fe ff 0f 1f 40 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 49 89 ff 41 56 41 55 41 54 4d 8d a79 [ 490.097291] RSP: 0018:ffffbd1a463dbcc8 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 490.102518] RAX: 0000000000008200 RBX: ffff945cdb8c0000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 490.109649] RDX: 0000000000018200 RSI: ffff9468d0e16818 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 490.116783] RBP: ffff945cdb8c1740 R08: 00000000000015c5 R09: 0000000000000042 [ 490.123915] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffbd1a463dbab0 R12: ffff945cdb8c25c0 [ 490.131049] R13: 00000000fffffff4 R14: 0000000000001800 R15: ffff945cdb8c0000 [ 490.138182] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9468d0e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 490.146267] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 490.152013] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000042ca10002 CR4: 00000000007706f0 [ 490.159146] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 490.166277] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 490.173409] PKRU: 55555554 [ 490.176123] Call Trace: [ 490.178598] lpfc_sli4_queue_destroy+0x7f/0x3c0 [lpfc] [ 490.183745] lpfc_sli4_hba_setup+0x1bc7/0x23e0 [lpfc] [ 490.188797] ? kernfs_activate+0x63/0x80 [ 490.192721] ? kernfs_add_one+0xe7/0x130 [ 490.196647] ? __kernfs_create_file+0x80/0xb0 [ 490.201020] ? lpfc_pci_probe_one_s4.isra.48+0x46f/0x9e0 [lpfc] [ 490.206944] lpfc_pci_probe_one_s4.isra.48+0x46f/0x9e0 [lpfc] [ 490.212697] lpfc_pci_probe_one+0x179/0xb70 [lpfc] [ 490.217492] local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90 [ 490.221246] work_for_cpu_fn+0x16/0x20 [ 490.224994] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360 [ 490.229009] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 490.232933] worker_thread+0x1cf/0x390 [ 490.236687] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 490.240612] kthread+0x116/0x130 [ 490.243846] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10 [ 490.248293] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [ 490.251869] Modules linked in: lpfc(+) xt_CHECKSUM ipt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4i [ 490.332609] CR2: 0000000000000000 Fixes: 93a4d6f40198 ("scsi: lpfc: Add registration for CPU Offline/Online events") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ewan D. Milne <emilne@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c index 5983e05b648f..e29523a1b530 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c @@ -13193,6 +13193,8 @@ lpfc_pci_probe_one_s4(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pid) if (!phba) return -ENOMEM; + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&phba->poll_list); + /* Perform generic PCI device enabling operation */ error = lpfc_enable_pci_dev(phba); if (error) @@ -13327,7 +13329,6 @@ lpfc_pci_probe_one_s4(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pid) /* Enable RAS FW log support */ lpfc_sli4_ras_setup(phba); - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&phba->poll_list); timer_setup(&phba->cpuhp_poll_timer, lpfc_sli4_poll_hbtimer, 0); cpuhp_state_add_instance_nocalls(lpfc_cpuhp_state, &phba->cpuhp); -- 2.20.1