Call spi_slave_abort() only when the spidev->spi is !NULL and the structure hasn't already been kfreed. Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@xxxxxxx> --- This fix applies on: repo: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi.git branch: for-5.4 SHA1: 6b04e47b73f2a0d2c330cecca99f8e2cb8f85b34 --- drivers/spi/spidev.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c index 3ea9d8a3e6e8..2c6d4dbeebac 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c @@ -600,15 +600,16 @@ static int spidev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) static int spidev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { struct spidev_data *spidev; + int dofree; mutex_lock(&device_list_lock); spidev = filp->private_data; filp->private_data = NULL; + dofree = 0; /* last close? */ spidev->users--; if (!spidev->users) { - int dofree; kfree(spidev->tx_buffer); spidev->tx_buffer = NULL; @@ -628,7 +629,8 @@ static int spidev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) kfree(spidev); } #ifdef CONFIG_SPI_SLAVE - spi_slave_abort(spidev->spi); + if (!dofree) + spi_slave_abort(spidev->spi); #endif mutex_unlock(&device_list_lock); -- 2.20.1