[PATCH v1] watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister
From: Yuho Choi
Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 15:25:11 EST
watchdog_register_device() registers wdd->pm_nb when
WDOG_NO_PING_ON_SUSPEND is set, but watchdog_unregister_device() does not
remove it. This leaves an embedded notifier block on the PM notifier chain
after the watchdog device has been unregistered.
A later suspend/resume notification can then call watchdog_pm_notifier()
with a stale watchdog_device pointer, or at minimum after wdd->wd_data has
been cleared by watchdog_dev_unregister().
Unregister the PM notifier before tearing down the watchdog device.
Fixes: 60bcd91aafd2 ("watchdog: introduce watchdog_dev_suspend/resume")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
index 8300520688d0..6c087b4ef5dd 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ static void __watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
if (test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &wdd->status))
unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdd->reboot_nb);
+ if (test_bit(WDOG_NO_PING_ON_SUSPEND, &wdd->status))
+ unregister_pm_notifier(&wdd->pm_nb);
+
watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
ida_free(&watchdog_ida, wdd->id);
}
--
2.43.0