From: Chen-Shi-Hong <eric039eric@gmail.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Chen-Shi-Hong <eric039eric@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (fschmd) avoid client->dev dereference in watchdog_release
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 13:10:53 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260523051117.9400-1-eric039eric@gmail.com> (raw)
fschmd_remove() can detach the i2c client while the watchdog device
is still open.
If watchdog_release() later takes the unexpected-close path, it calls
watchdog_trigger() and then logs the event with dev_crit() using
data->client->dev. However, the client may already have been cleared
by the remove path.
watchdog_trigger() already checks whether data->client is still valid
and returns -ENODEV if the client is gone. Use its return value to
decide whether to emit the message, and log with watchdog_name instead
of dereferencing data->client->dev.
This avoids relying on a device pointer that may no longer be valid
during release after device removal.
Signed-off-by: Chen-Shi-Hong <eric039eric@gmail.com>
---
drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
index 1211fa2259e5..d1e7fc72e81f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
@@ -834,9 +834,9 @@ static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
watchdog_stop(data);
data->watchdog_expect_close = 0;
} else {
- watchdog_trigger(data);
- dev_crit(&data->client->dev,
- "unexpected close, not stopping watchdog!\n");
+ if (!watchdog_trigger(data))
+ pr_crit("%s: unexpected close, not stopping watchdog!\n",
+ data->watchdog_name);
}
clear_bit(0, &data->watchdog_is_open);
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-23 5:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-23 5:10 Chen-Shi-Hong [this message]
2026-05-23 5:44 ` [PATCH] hwmon: (fschmd) avoid client->dev dereference in watchdog_release sashiko-bot
2026-05-23 13:24 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-05-23 13:44 ` Chen-Shi-Hong
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