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diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 636058bbf48a..1669d41fcddc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1823,12 +1823,63 @@ static inline struct kobject *get_glue_dir(struct device *dev)
*/
static void cleanup_glue_dir(struct device *dev, struct kobject *glue_dir)
{
+ unsigned int ref;
+
/* see if we live in a "glue" directory */
if (!live_in_glue_dir(glue_dir, dev))
return;
mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex);
- if (!kobject_has_children(glue_dir))
+ /**
+ * There is a race condition between removing glue directory
+ * and adding a new device under the glue directory.
+ *
+ * CPU1: CPU2:
+ *
+ * device_add()
+ * get_device_parent()
+ * class_dir_create_and_add()
+ * kobject_add_internal()
+ * create_dir() // create glue_dir
+ *
+ * device_add()
+ * get_device_parent()
+ * kobject_get() // get glue_dir
+ *
+ * device_del()
+ * cleanup_glue_dir()
+ * kobject_del(glue_dir)
+ *
+ * kobject_add()
+ * kobject_add_internal()
+ * create_dir() // in glue_dir
+ * sysfs_create_dir_ns()
+ * kernfs_create_dir_ns(sd)
+ *
+ * sysfs_remove_dir() // glue_dir->sd=NULL
+ * sysfs_put() // free glue_dir->sd
+ *
+ * // sd is freed
+ * kernfs_new_node(sd)
+ * kernfs_get(glue_dir)
+ * kernfs_add_one()
+ * kernfs_put()
+ *
+ * Before CPU1 remove last child device under glue dir, if CPU2 add
+ * a new device under glue dir, the glue_dir kobject reference count
+ * will be increase to 2 in kobject_get(k). And CPU2 has been called
+ * kernfs_create_dir_ns(). Meanwhile, CPU1 call sysfs_remove_dir()
+ * and sysfs_put(). This result in glue_dir->sd is freed.
+ *
+ * Then the CPU2 will see a stale "empty" but still potentially used
+ * glue dir around in kernfs_new_node().
+ *
+ * In order to avoid this happening, we also should make sure that
+ * kernfs_node for glue_dir is released in CPU1 only when refcount
+ * for glue_dir kobj is 1.
+ */
+ ref = kref_read(&glue_dir->kref);
+ if (!kobject_has_children(glue_dir) && !--ref)
kobject_del(glue_dir);
kobject_put(glue_dir);
mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);