In mptlan_probe, it called mpt_register_lan_device and bound &priv->post_buckets_task with mpt_lan_post_receive_buckets_work. When it calls lan_reply, it will finally call mpt_lan_wake_post_buckets_task to start the work. When we call mptlan_remove to remove the driver, there may be a sequence as follows: Fix it by finishing the work before cleanup in mptlan_remove CPU0 CPU1 |mpt_lan_post_receive_buckets_work mptlan_remove | free_netdev | kfree(dev); | | | dev->mtu | //use Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c index 142eb5d5d9df..de2e7bcf4784 100644 --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c +++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c @@ -1433,7 +1433,9 @@ mptlan_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) { MPT_ADAPTER *ioc = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); struct net_device *dev = ioc->netdev; + struct mpt_lan_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->post_buckets_task); if(dev != NULL) { unregister_netdev(dev); free_netdev(dev); -- 2.25.1