From: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit dbc6e7d44a514f231a64d9d5676e001b660b6448 ] In nilfs_##name##_attr_release, kobj->parent should not be referenced because it is a NULL pointer. The release() method of kobject is always called in kobject_put(kobj), in the implementation of kobject_put(), the kobj->parent will be assigned as NULL before call the release() method. So just use kobj to get the subgroups, which is more efficient and can fix a NULL pointer reference problem. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210629022556.3985106-3-sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1625651306-10829-3-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c index a35978bf8395..027a50bc0765 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c @@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops nilfs_##name##_attr_ops = { \ #define NILFS_DEV_INT_GROUP_TYPE(name, parent_name) \ static void nilfs_##name##_attr_release(struct kobject *kobj) \ { \ - struct nilfs_sysfs_##parent_name##_subgroups *subgroups; \ - struct the_nilfs *nilfs = container_of(kobj->parent, \ - struct the_nilfs, \ - ns_##parent_name##_kobj); \ - subgroups = nilfs->ns_##parent_name##_subgroups; \ + struct nilfs_sysfs_##parent_name##_subgroups *subgroups = container_of(kobj, \ + struct nilfs_sysfs_##parent_name##_subgroups, \ + sg_##name##_kobj); \ complete(&subgroups->sg_##name##_kobj_unregister); \ } \ static struct kobj_type nilfs_##name##_ktype = { \ -- 2.33.0