[PATCH v2 1/3] power: supply: ltc2941: drain poll work before unregistering the supply
From: hyunjungg
Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 23:44:24 EST
From: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@xxxxxxxxx>
ltc294x_i2c_probe() registers the poll work for devm cancellation before
devm_power_supply_register(). devres unwinds in reverse, so on unbind the
power supply is freed first and the work cancelled last. ltc294x_work()
re-queues itself and calls power_supply_changed(info->supply), so a poll
instance running in that window dereferences the freed supply.
Register the work cancellation after the power supply so devres drains it
first. Nothing queues the work before the schedule_delayed_work() that
follows, so the move is safe.
Fixes: 6d0c5de2fd84 ("power: supply: Clean-up few drivers by using managed work init")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c b/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c
index 6ebb555..8f8a8f6 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c
@@ -531,11 +531,6 @@ static int ltc294x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
psy_cfg.drv_data = info;
- ret = devm_delayed_work_autocancel(&client->dev, &info->work,
- ltc294x_work);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
ret = ltc294x_reset(info, prescaler_exp);
if (ret < 0)
return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, ret,
@@ -547,6 +542,11 @@ static int ltc294x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, PTR_ERR(info->supply),
"failed to register ltc2941\n");
+ ret = devm_delayed_work_autocancel(&client->dev, &info->work,
+ ltc294x_work);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
schedule_delayed_work(&info->work, LTC294X_WORK_DELAY * HZ);
return 0;
--
2.43.0
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2.43.0