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linux/drivers/fwctl
Richard Cheng a55f80233f fwctl: Fix class init ordering to avoid NULL pointer dereference on device removal
CXL is linked before fwctl in drivers/Makefile. Both use `module_init, so
`cxl_pci_driver_init()` runs first. When `cxl_pci_probe()` calls
`fwctl_register()` and then `device_add()`, fwctl_class is not yet
registered because fwctl_init() hasn't run, causing `class_to_subsys()` to
return NULL and skip knode_class initialization.

On device removal, `class_to_subsys()` returns non-NULL, and
`device_del()` calls `klist_del()` on the uninitialized knode, triggering
a NULL pointer dereference.

Fixes: 858ce2f56b ("cxl: Add FWCTL support to CXL")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/r/20260409051902.40218-1-icheng@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Richard Cheng <icheng@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kaihengf@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
2026-04-10 11:21:06 -03:00
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