The GPIO controller is configured as non-sleeping but it uses generic pinctrl helpers which use a mutex for synchronization.
This can cause the following lockdep splat with shared GPIOs enabled on boards which have multiple devices using the same GPIO:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:591 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 12, name: kworker/u16:0 preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 6 locks held by kworker/u16:0/12: #0: ffff0001f0018d48 ((wq_completion)events_unbound#2){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x18c/0x604 #1: ffff8000842dbdf0 (deferred_probe_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1b4/0x604 #2: ffff0001f18498f8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x38/0x1b0 #3: ffff0001f75f1e90 (&gdev->srcu){.+.?}-{0:0}, at: gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x0/0x360 #4: ffff0001f46e3db8 (&shared_desc->spinlock){....}-{3:3}, at: gpio_shared_proxy_direction_output+0xd0/0x144 [gpio_shared_proxy] #5: ffff0001f180ee90 (&gdev->srcu){.+.?}-{0:0}, at: gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x0/0x360 irq event stamp: 81450 hardirqs last enabled at (81449): [<ffff8000813acba4>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x74/0x78 hardirqs last disabled at (81450): [<ffff8000813abfb8>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x84/0x88 softirqs last enabled at (79616): [<ffff8000811455fc>] __alloc_skb+0x17c/0x1e8 softirqs last disabled at (79614): [<ffff8000811455fc>] __alloc_skb+0x17c/0x1e8 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc4-next-20260105+ #11975 PREEMPT Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-M1 (DT) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C) dump_stack_lvl+0x90/0xd0 dump_stack+0x18/0x24 __might_resched+0x144/0x248 __might_sleep+0x48/0x98 __mutex_lock+0x5c/0x894 mutex_lock_nested+0x24/0x30 pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range+0x44/0x128 pinctrl_gpio_direction+0x3c/0xe0 pinctrl_gpio_direction_output+0x14/0x20 rockchip_gpio_direction_output+0xb8/0x19c gpiochip_direction_output+0x38/0x94 gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x1d8/0x360 gpiod_direction_output_nonotify+0x7c/0x230 gpiod_direction_output+0x34/0xf8 gpio_shared_proxy_direction_output+0xec/0x144 [gpio_shared_proxy] gpiochip_direction_output+0x38/0x94 gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x1d8/0x360 gpiod_direction_output_nonotify+0x7c/0x230 gpiod_configure_flags+0xbc/0x480 gpiod_find_and_request+0x1a0/0x574 gpiod_get_index+0x58/0x84 devm_gpiod_get_index+0x20/0xb4 devm_gpiod_get_optional+0x18/0x30 rockchip_pcie_probe+0x98/0x380 platform_probe+0x5c/0xac really_probe+0xbc/0x298
Fixes: 936ee2675eee ("gpio/rockchip: add driver for rockchip gpio") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/d035fc29-3b03-4cd6-b8ec-001f93540bc6@samsung.com... Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com --- drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c index 47174eb3ba76..bae2061f15fc 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c @@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ static int rockchip_gpiolib_register(struct rockchip_pin_bank *bank) gc->ngpio = bank->nr_pins; gc->label = bank->name; gc->parent = bank->dev; + gc->can_sleep = true;
ret = gpiochip_add_data(gc, bank); if (ret) {
Am Dienstag, 6. Januar 2026, 10:00:11 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb Bartosz Golaszewski:
The GPIO controller is configured as non-sleeping but it uses generic pinctrl helpers which use a mutex for synchronization.
This can cause the following lockdep splat with shared GPIOs enabled on boards which have multiple devices using the same GPIO:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:591 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 12, name: kworker/u16:0 preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 6 locks held by kworker/u16:0/12: #0: ffff0001f0018d48 ((wq_completion)events_unbound#2){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x18c/0x604 #1: ffff8000842dbdf0 (deferred_probe_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1b4/0x604 #2: ffff0001f18498f8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x38/0x1b0 #3: ffff0001f75f1e90 (&gdev->srcu){.+.?}-{0:0}, at: gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x0/0x360 #4: ffff0001f46e3db8 (&shared_desc->spinlock){....}-{3:3}, at: gpio_shared_proxy_direction_output+0xd0/0x144 [gpio_shared_proxy] #5: ffff0001f180ee90 (&gdev->srcu){.+.?}-{0:0}, at: gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x0/0x360 irq event stamp: 81450 hardirqs last enabled at (81449): [<ffff8000813acba4>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x74/0x78 hardirqs last disabled at (81450): [<ffff8000813abfb8>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x84/0x88 softirqs last enabled at (79616): [<ffff8000811455fc>] __alloc_skb+0x17c/0x1e8 softirqs last disabled at (79614): [<ffff8000811455fc>] __alloc_skb+0x17c/0x1e8 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc4-next-20260105+ #11975 PREEMPT Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-M1 (DT) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C) dump_stack_lvl+0x90/0xd0 dump_stack+0x18/0x24 __might_resched+0x144/0x248 __might_sleep+0x48/0x98 __mutex_lock+0x5c/0x894 mutex_lock_nested+0x24/0x30 pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range+0x44/0x128 pinctrl_gpio_direction+0x3c/0xe0 pinctrl_gpio_direction_output+0x14/0x20 rockchip_gpio_direction_output+0xb8/0x19c gpiochip_direction_output+0x38/0x94 gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x1d8/0x360 gpiod_direction_output_nonotify+0x7c/0x230 gpiod_direction_output+0x34/0xf8 gpio_shared_proxy_direction_output+0xec/0x144 [gpio_shared_proxy] gpiochip_direction_output+0x38/0x94 gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x1d8/0x360 gpiod_direction_output_nonotify+0x7c/0x230 gpiod_configure_flags+0xbc/0x480 gpiod_find_and_request+0x1a0/0x574 gpiod_get_index+0x58/0x84 devm_gpiod_get_index+0x20/0xb4 devm_gpiod_get_optional+0x18/0x30 rockchip_pcie_probe+0x98/0x380 platform_probe+0x5c/0xac really_probe+0xbc/0x298
Fixes: 936ee2675eee ("gpio/rockchip: add driver for rockchip gpio") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/d035fc29-3b03-4cd6-b8ec-001f93540bc6@samsung.com... Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com
Acked-by: Heiko Stuebner heiko@sntech.de
On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:00:11 +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
The GPIO controller is configured as non-sleeping but it uses generic pinctrl helpers which use a mutex for synchronization.
This can cause the following lockdep splat with shared GPIOs enabled on boards which have multiple devices using the same GPIO:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:591 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 12, name: kworker/u16:0 preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 6 locks held by kworker/u16:0/12: #0: ffff0001f0018d48 ((wq_completion)events_unbound#2){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x18c/0x604 #1: ffff8000842dbdf0 (deferred_probe_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1b4/0x604 #2: ffff0001f18498f8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x38/0x1b0 #3: ffff0001f75f1e90 (&gdev->srcu){.+.?}-{0:0}, at: gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x0/0x360 #4: ffff0001f46e3db8 (&shared_desc->spinlock){....}-{3:3}, at: gpio_shared_proxy_direction_output+0xd0/0x144 [gpio_shared_proxy] #5: ffff0001f180ee90 (&gdev->srcu){.+.?}-{0:0}, at: gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x0/0x360 irq event stamp: 81450 hardirqs last enabled at (81449): [<ffff8000813acba4>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x74/0x78 hardirqs last disabled at (81450): [<ffff8000813abfb8>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x84/0x88 softirqs last enabled at (79616): [<ffff8000811455fc>] __alloc_skb+0x17c/0x1e8 softirqs last disabled at (79614): [<ffff8000811455fc>] __alloc_skb+0x17c/0x1e8 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc4-next-20260105+ #11975 PREEMPT Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-M1 (DT) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C) dump_stack_lvl+0x90/0xd0 dump_stack+0x18/0x24 __might_resched+0x144/0x248 __might_sleep+0x48/0x98 __mutex_lock+0x5c/0x894 mutex_lock_nested+0x24/0x30 pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range+0x44/0x128 pinctrl_gpio_direction+0x3c/0xe0 pinctrl_gpio_direction_output+0x14/0x20 rockchip_gpio_direction_output+0xb8/0x19c gpiochip_direction_output+0x38/0x94 gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x1d8/0x360 gpiod_direction_output_nonotify+0x7c/0x230 gpiod_direction_output+0x34/0xf8 gpio_shared_proxy_direction_output+0xec/0x144 [gpio_shared_proxy] gpiochip_direction_output+0x38/0x94 gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x1d8/0x360 gpiod_direction_output_nonotify+0x7c/0x230 gpiod_configure_flags+0xbc/0x480 gpiod_find_and_request+0x1a0/0x574 gpiod_get_index+0x58/0x84 devm_gpiod_get_index+0x20/0xb4 devm_gpiod_get_optional+0x18/0x30 rockchip_pcie_probe+0x98/0x380 platform_probe+0x5c/0xac really_probe+0xbc/0x298
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Applied, thanks!
[1/1] gpio: rockchip: mark the GPIO controller as sleeping commit: 20cf2aed89ac6d78a0122e31c875228e15247194
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