linux-kernel - BUG: "scheduling while atomic" with MCP23008 + matrix

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Message-ID: <15509576.tv2OnDr8pf@lukas-hpz440workstation>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:44:01 +0200
From: Lukas Schmid <lukas.schmid@...cube.li>
To: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:
 BUG: "scheduling while atomic" with MCP23008 + matrix_keypad IRQ mode on
 Linux 6.15.5

Hi all,

I'm encountering a "BUG: scheduling while atomic" when using the MCP23008 GPIO 
expander with the `matrix_keypad` driver in IRQ mode on Linux v6.15.5

Hardware setup:
- MCP23008 connected via I2C
- 4x4 matrix keypad hooked to MCP23008 GPIOs
- SoC: Allwinner T113-s3 SoC
- Using devicetree configuration for `microchip,mcp23008` and `gpio-
matrix-keypad`

When I press buttons on the keypad, after some amount of presses I get the 
following error from the Kernel:

[   81.921114] BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/1:4/383/0x00000002
[   81.921155] Modules linked in: esp32_sdio(O) bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc 
cfg80211 rfkill ipv6 af_packet evdev matrix_keypad matrix_keymap 
pinctrl_mcp23s08_i2c pinctrl_mcp23s08 sun8i_ce crypto_engine uio_pdrv_genirq 
uio
[   81.921287] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 383 Comm: kworker/1:4 Tainted: G           O        
6.15.4 #1 PREEMPT 
[   81.921305] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE
[   81.921310] Hardware name: Generic DT based system
[   81.921317] Workqueue: events matrix_keypad_scan [matrix_keypad]
[   81.921343] Call trace: 
[   81.921353]  unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
[   81.921381]  show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x74
[   81.921398]  dump_stack_lvl from __schedule_bug+0x5c/0x70
[   81.921423]  __schedule_bug from __schedule+0xb48/0xd24
[   81.921451]  __schedule from schedule+0x34/0x144
[   81.921472]  schedule from schedule_preempt_disabled+0x24/0x34
[   81.921494]  schedule_preempt_disabled from __mutex_lock.constprop.
0+0x308/0xaa4
[   81.921519]  __mutex_lock.constprop.0 from mcp23s08_irq_bus_lock+0x20/0x30 
[pinctrl_mcp23s08]
[   81.921553]  mcp23s08_irq_bus_lock [pinctrl_mcp23s08] from 
__irq_get_desc_lock+0x84/0xac
[   81.921584]  __irq_get_desc_lock from enable_irq+0x38/0xa8
[   81.921605]  enable_irq from matrix_keypad_scan+0x2b8/0x3ac [matrix_keypad]
[   81.921626]  matrix_keypad_scan [matrix_keypad] from 
process_one_work+0x160/0x410
[   81.921649]  process_one_work from worker_thread+0x25c/0x408
[   81.921668]  worker_thread from kthread+0x144/0x264
[   81.921685]  kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x38
[   81.921699] Exception stack(0xc896dfb0 to 0xc896dff8)
[   81.921709] dfa0:                                     00000000 00000000 
00000000 00000000
[   81.921720] dfc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
00000000 00000000
[   81.921730] dfe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000

Happy to test patches or provide further debugging info.

Best regards,  
Lukas Schmid
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