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is swapper\nInternal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1]  SMP\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 79 Comm: svc_smc_hvc_thr Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8-yocto-standard+ #59 PREEMPT\nHardware name: SoCFPGA Stratix 10 SoCDK (DT)\npstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : svc_normal_to_secure_thread+0x38c/0x990\nlr : svc_normal_to_secure_thread+0x144/0x990\n...\nCall trace:\n svc_normal_to_secure_thread+0x38c/0x990 (P)\n kthread+0x150/0x210\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\nCode: 97cfc113 f9400260 aa1403e1 f9400400 (f9400402)\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nThe issue occurs because rsu_send_async_msg() fails when RSU is not enabled\nin firmware, causing the channel to be freed via stratix10_svc_free_channel().\nHowever, the probe function continues execution and registers\nsvc_normal_to_secure_thread(), which subsequently attempts to access the\nalready-freed channel, triggering the NULL pointer dereference.\n\nFix this by properly cleaning up the async client 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the First Stage\nBoot Loader (FSBL), the driver encounters a NULL pointer dereference when\nexcute svc_normal_to_secure_thread() thread, resulting in a kernel panic:\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008\nMem abort info:\n...\nData abort info:\n...\n[0000000000000008] user address but active_mm is swapper\nInternal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1]  SMP\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 79 Comm: svc_smc_hvc_thr Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8-yocto-standard+ #59 PREEMPT\nHardware name: SoCFPGA Stratix 10 SoCDK (DT)\npstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : svc_normal_to_secure_thread+0x38c/0x990\nlr : svc_normal_to_secure_thread+0x144/0x990\n...\nCall trace:\n svc_normal_to_secure_thread+0x38c/0x990 (P)\n kthread+0x150/0x210\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\nCode: 97cfc113 f9400260 aa1403e1 f9400400 (f9400402)\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nThe issue occurs because rsu_send_async_msg() fails when RSU is not 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