[PATCH] reboot: don't use cb_data to tell if the static sys-off handler is free
From: Bradley Morgan
Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 18:55:58 EST
There is one static handler for SYS_OFF_PRIO_PLATFORM, shared by all
modes, so the second platform priority registration has to fail with
-EBUSY. alloc_sys_off_handler() decides that by testing cb_data.
cb_data is caller data though, and nothing says it has to be set. A
registration that passes NULL for it leaves the static handler
looking free, so the next one gets the same struct back while the
first is still live: sys_off_cb and list get overwritten, and the
same notifier_block is registered into a second chain. A
notifier_block has one next pointer, so both chains end up wrong.
register_platform_power_off() always passes the power off callback as
cb_data, which is why this held up when the static handler was added.
Callers using register_sys_off_handler() directly have no such rule.
Test sys_off_cb instead. Every handler has one, it is what the
callback path actually needs, and it is set for as long as the
handler is registered.
Fixes: 587b9bfe0668 ("kernel/reboot: Use static handler for register_platform_power_off()")
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/reboot.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
index f070c5c1103a..42fe2708f5d9 100644
--- a/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static struct sys_off_handler *alloc_sys_off_handler(int priority)
*/
if (priority == SYS_OFF_PRIO_PLATFORM) {
handler = &platform_sys_off_handler;
- if (handler->cb_data)
+ if (handler->sys_off_cb)
return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
} else {
if (system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING)
--
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