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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Hongyan Xu <getshell@seu.edu.cn>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y 2/2] auxdisplay: charlcd: cancel backlight work on registration failure
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 2026 08:20:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908122034.2053198-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908122034.2053198-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Hongyan Xu <getshell@seu.edu.cn>

[ Upstream commit e3e3bf40916c1e810df03958cfa7ba6883cdce79 ]

With CONFIG_CHARLCD_BL_FLASH, charlcd_init() schedules bl_work before
charlcd_register() calls misc_register(). If registration fails, the
caller frees the charlcd object while delayed work still contains its
address.

Add charlcd_deinit() to cancel the delayed work and turn the backlight
off. Use it for both registration rollback and normal unregistration.

Fixes: 39f8ea46724e ("auxdisplay: charlcd: Extract character LCD core from misc/panel")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Hongyan Xu <getshell@seu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
index e74e25ff030b2..b3ff514f91a78 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
@@ -779,6 +779,16 @@ static int charlcd_init(struct charlcd *lcd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void charlcd_deinit(struct charlcd *lcd)
+{
+	struct charlcd_priv *priv = charlcd_to_priv(lcd);
+
+	if (lcd->ops->backlight) {
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->bl_work);
+		lcd->ops->backlight(lcd, CHARLCD_OFF);
+	}
+}
+
 struct charlcd *charlcd_alloc(unsigned int drvdata_size)
 {
 	struct charlcd_priv *priv;
@@ -843,8 +853,10 @@ int charlcd_register(struct charlcd *lcd)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = misc_register(&charlcd_dev);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		charlcd_deinit(lcd);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	the_charlcd = lcd;
 	register_reboot_notifier(&panel_notifier);
@@ -854,16 +866,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(charlcd_register);
 
 int charlcd_unregister(struct charlcd *lcd)
 {
-	struct charlcd_priv *priv = charlcd_to_priv(lcd);
-
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&panel_notifier);
 	charlcd_puts(lcd, "\x0cLCD driver unloaded.\x1b[Lc\x1b[Lb\x1b[L-");
 	misc_deregister(&charlcd_dev);
 	the_charlcd = NULL;
-	if (lcd->ops->backlight) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->bl_work);
-		priv->lcd.ops->backlight(&priv->lcd, CHARLCD_OFF);
-	}
+	charlcd_deinit(lcd);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-09-08 12:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-03 13:45 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] auxdisplay: charlcd: cancel backlight work on registration" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-08 12:20 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/2] auxdisplay: Move init_display to hd44780_common Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 12:20   ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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