The mddev->lock spinlock doesn't protect against the removal of conf->log in r5l_exit_log() so conf->log may be freed before it is used. To fix this, take the mddev_lock() insteaad of the mddev->lock spinlock. Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid5-cache.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c index 83c184eddbda..ca8fc317da95 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c @@ -2534,12 +2534,13 @@ static ssize_t r5c_journal_mode_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page) struct r5conf *conf; int ret; - spin_lock(&mddev->lock); + ret = mddev_lock(mddev); + if (ret) + return ret; + conf = mddev->private; - if (!conf || !conf->log) { - spin_unlock(&mddev->lock); - return 0; - } + if (!conf || !conf->log) + goto out_unlock; switch (conf->log->r5c_journal_mode) { case R5C_JOURNAL_MODE_WRITE_THROUGH: @@ -2557,7 +2558,9 @@ static ssize_t r5c_journal_mode_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page) default: ret = 0; } - spin_unlock(&mddev->lock); + +out_unlock: + mddev_unlock(mddev); return ret; } -- 2.30.2