Re: [PATCH] mfd: cs42l43: cancel boot work during remove
From: Charles Keepax
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 04:49:21 EST
On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 02:55:56PM +0800, Hongyan Xu wrote:
> Probe queues boot_work on system_long_wq, but both transport remove
> callbacks release the devm-allocated CS42L43 data without waiting for it.
>
> Cancel the work before powering the device down. Balance the runtime-PM
> reference when pending work is cancelled, and have the worker call the
> power-down helper directly on error to avoid cancelling itself.
>
> This issue was found by a static analysis tool.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hongyan Xu <getshell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/cs42l43.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cs42l43.c b/drivers/mfd/cs42l43.c
> index 7b6d07c..411566e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/cs42l43.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/cs42l43.c
> @@ -868,6 +868,8 @@ static int cs42l43_irq_config(struct cs42l43 *cs42l43)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int cs42l43_power_down(struct cs42l43 *cs42l43);
> +
> static void cs42l43_boot_work(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> struct cs42l43 *cs42l43 = container_of(work, struct cs42l43, boot_work);
> @@ -937,7 +939,7 @@ static void cs42l43_boot_work(struct work_struct *work)
>
> err:
> pm_runtime_put_sync(cs42l43->dev);
> - cs42l43_dev_remove(cs42l43);
> + cs42l43_power_down(cs42l43);
> }
>
> static int cs42l43_power_up(struct cs42l43 *cs42l43)
> @@ -1069,6 +1071,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cs42l43_dev_probe, MFD_CS42L43);
>
> void cs42l43_dev_remove(struct cs42l43 *cs42l43)
> {
> + if (cancel_work_sync(&cs42l43->boot_work))
> + pm_runtime_put_noidle(cs42l43->dev);
> cs42l43_power_down(cs42l43);
> }
This looks like it is based off a very old kernel, this was
already fixed back in October 2024. Please make sure to rebase
your submissions on ideally the maintainers tree, but at a
minimum Linus's tree.
Thanks,
Charles