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Message-ID: <f9ab9762-97e1-4ff0-8284-5c22d54d1f2e@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:52:34 +0800
From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@...soc.com>, linusw@...nel.org, brgl@...nel.org,
orsonzhai@...il.com, zhang.lyra@...il.com
Cc: bigeasy@...utronix.de, clrkwllms@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-rt-devel@...ts.linux.dev, ke.wang@...soc.com, wenhua.lin@...soc.com,
xuewen.yan94@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: sprd: Change sprd_gpio lock to raw_spin_lock
On 1/26/26 5:42 PM, Xuewen Yan wrote:
> There was a lockdep warning in sprd_gpio:
>
> [ 6.258269][T329@C6] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
> [ 6.258270][T329@C6] 6.18.0-android17-0-g30527ad7aaae-ab00009-4k #1 Tainted: G W OE
> [ 6.258272][T329@C6] -----------------------------
> [ 6.258273][T329@C6] modprobe/329 is trying to lock:
> [ 6.258275][T329@C6] ffffff8081c91690 (&sprd_gpio->lock){....}-{3:3}, at: sprd_gpio_irq_unmask+0x4c/0xa4 [gpio_sprd]
> [ 6.258282][T329@C6] other info that might help us debug this:
> [ 6.258283][T329@C6] context-{5:5}
> [ 6.258285][T329@C6] 3 locks held by modprobe/329:
> [ 6.258286][T329@C6] #0: ffffff808baca108 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __driver_attach+0xc4/0x204
> [ 6.258295][T329@C6] #1: ffffff80965e7240 (request_class#4){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __setup_irq+0x1cc/0x82c
> [ 6.258304][T329@C6] #2: ffffff80965e70c8 (lock_class#4){....}-{2:2}, at: __setup_irq+0x21c/0x82c
> [ 6.258313][T329@C6] stack backtrace:
> [ 6.258314][T329@C6] CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 329 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W OE 6.18.0-android17-0-g30527ad7aaae-ab00009-4k #1 PREEMPT 3ad5b0f45741a16e5838da790706e16ceb6717df
> [ 6.258316][T329@C6] Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
> [ 6.258317][T329@C6] Hardware name: Unisoc UMS9632-base Board (DT)
> [ 6.258318][T329@C6] Call trace:
> [ 6.258318][T329@C6] show_stack+0x20/0x30 (C)
> [ 6.258321][T329@C6] __dump_stack+0x28/0x3c
> [ 6.258324][T329@C6] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xf0
> [ 6.258326][T329@C6] dump_stack+0x18/0x3c
> [ 6.258329][T329@C6] __lock_acquire+0x824/0x2c28
> [ 6.258331][T329@C6] lock_acquire+0x148/0x2cc
> [ 6.258333][T329@C6] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x6c/0xb4
> [ 6.258334][T329@C6] sprd_gpio_irq_unmask+0x4c/0xa4 [gpio_sprd 814535e93c6d8e0853c45c02eab0fa88a9da6487]
> [ 6.258337][T329@C6] irq_startup+0x238/0x350
> [ 6.258340][T329@C6] __setup_irq+0x504/0x82c
> [ 6.258342][T329@C6] request_threaded_irq+0x118/0x184
> [ 6.258344][T329@C6] devm_request_threaded_irq+0x94/0x120
> [ 6.258347][T329@C6] sc8546_init_irq+0x114/0x170 [sc8546_charger 223586ccafc27439f7db4f95b0c8e6e882349a99]
> [ 6.258352][T329@C6] sc8546_charger_probe+0x53c/0x5a0 [sc8546_charger 223586ccafc27439f7db4f95b0c8e6e882349a99]
> [ 6.258358][T329@C6] i2c_device_probe+0x2c8/0x350
> [ 6.258361][T329@C6] really_probe+0x1a8/0x46c
> [ 6.258363][T329@C6] __driver_probe_device+0xa4/0x10c
> [ 6.258366][T329@C6] driver_probe_device+0x44/0x1b4
> [ 6.258369][T329@C6] __driver_attach+0xd0/0x204
> [ 6.258371][T329@C6] bus_for_each_dev+0x10c/0x168
> [ 6.258373][T329@C6] driver_attach+0x2c/0x3c
> [ 6.258376][T329@C6] bus_add_driver+0x154/0x29c
> [ 6.258378][T329@C6] driver_register+0x70/0x10c
> [ 6.258381][T329@C6] i2c_register_driver+0x48/0xc8
> [ 6.258384][T329@C6] init_module+0x28/0xfd8 [sc8546_charger 223586ccafc27439f7db4f95b0c8e6e882349a99]
> [ 6.258389][T329@C6] do_one_initcall+0x128/0x42c
> [ 6.258392][T329@C6] do_init_module+0x60/0x254
> [ 6.258395][T329@C6] load_module+0x1054/0x1220
> [ 6.258397][T329@C6] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x240/0x35c
> [ 6.258400][T329@C6] invoke_syscall+0x60/0xec
> [ 6.258402][T329@C6] el0_svc_common+0xb0/0xe4
> [ 6.258405][T329@C6] do_el0_svc+0x24/0x30
> [ 6.258407][T329@C6] el0_svc+0x54/0x1c4
> [ 6.258409][T329@C6] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xdc
> [ 6.258411][T329@C6] el0t_64_sync+0x1c4/0x1c8
>
> This is because the spin_lock would change to rt_mutex in PREEMPT_RT,
> however the sprd_gpio->lock would use in hard-irq, this is unsafe.
>
> So change the spin_lock to raw_spin_lock to use the spinlock
> in hard-irq.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@...soc.com>
LGTM. Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpio/gpio-sprd.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sprd.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sprd.c
> index 413bcd0a4240..2cc8abe705cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sprd.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sprd.c
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
> struct sprd_gpio {
> struct gpio_chip chip;
> void __iomem *base;
> - spinlock_t lock;
> + raw_spinlock_t lock;
> int irq;
> };
>
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void sprd_gpio_update(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset,
> unsigned long flags;
> u32 tmp;
>
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&sprd_gpio->lock, flags);
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sprd_gpio->lock, flags);
> tmp = readl_relaxed(base + reg);
>
> if (val)
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void sprd_gpio_update(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset,
> tmp &= ~BIT(SPRD_GPIO_BIT(offset));
>
> writel_relaxed(tmp, base + reg);
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sprd_gpio->lock, flags);
> + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sprd_gpio->lock, flags);
> }
>
> static int sprd_gpio_read(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset, u16 reg)
> @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int sprd_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (IS_ERR(sprd_gpio->base))
> return PTR_ERR(sprd_gpio->base);
>
> - spin_lock_init(&sprd_gpio->lock);
> + raw_spin_lock_init(&sprd_gpio->lock);
>
> sprd_gpio->chip.label = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
> sprd_gpio->chip.ngpio = SPRD_GPIO_NR;
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