[PATCH v2 2/2] EDAC/device: Don't re-arm workqueue during teardown

Jad Keskes <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:35:48 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-edac,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
edac_device_del_device() stops the workqueue then removes the sysfs
attributes.  However, writing to poll_msec triggers
edac_device_reset_delay_period(), which unconditionally re-arms the
workqueue.  If writes occur during that window, the re-armed work
runs after edac_dev has been freed.

Fix this by checking op_state in reset_delay_period().  del_device()
already sets it to OP_OFFLINE before tearing down the workqueue, so
the new guard causes reset_delay_period() to skip mod_work() when
the device is being removed.

Signed-off-by: Jad Keskes <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/edac/edac_device.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
index cf0d3c2dfc04..50ae7f1e5152 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@ void edac_device_reset_delay_period(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
 	edac_dev->poll_msec = msec;
 	edac_dev->delay	    = msecs_to_jiffies(msec);
 
+	/* Don't re-arm the workqueue if the device is being torn down */
+	if (edac_dev->op_state == OP_OFFLINE)
+		return;
+
 	/* See comment in edac_device_workq_setup() above */
 	if (edac_dev->poll_msec == DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL)
 		edac_mod_work(&edac_dev->work, round_jiffies_relative(edac_dev->delay));
-- 
2.55.0