linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: aspeed: Convert aspeed_gpio.lock to raw

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Message-ID: <CAMRc=MdBp6HOKtV2QDrGYrqneXMbJZs6zbXCGnq_B9a4JA2i8g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:15:26 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Iwona Winiarska <iwona.winiarska@...el.com>
Cc:     "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: aspeed: Convert aspeed_gpio.lock to raw_spinlock

On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 6:11 PM Iwona Winiarska
<iwona.winiarska@...el.com> wrote:
>
> The gpio-aspeed driver implements an irq_chip which need to be invoked
> from hardirq context. Since spin_lock() can sleep with PREEMPT_RT, it is
> no longer legal to invoke it while interrupts are disabled.
> This also causes lockdep to complain about:
> [    0.649797] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
> because aspeed_gpio.lock (spin_lock_t) is taken under irq_desc.lock
> (raw_spinlock_t).
> Let's use of raw_spinlock_t instead of spinlock_t.
>
> Signed-off-by: Iwona Winiarska <iwona.winiarska@...el.com>
> ---

Applied, thanks!

Bart