[PATCH] gpio: Fix lockdep warnings in gpiolib_{cdev,sysfs}_register()

From: Tzung-Bi Shih

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 08:15:18 EST


A lockdep warning is reported in gpiolib-cdev driver:

WARNING: drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c:2735 at
gpiolib_cdev_register+0x114/0x140, CPU#1: swapper/0/1
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
7.0.0-rc1-next-20260227-00065-g6af4b9cfeded #12259 PREEMPT
Hardware name: Samsung Exynos (Flattened Device Tree)
Call trace:
unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14
show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x88
dump_stack_lvl from __warn+0x94/0x210
__warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x1b0/0x1bc
warn_slowpath_fmt from gpiolib_cdev_register+0x114/0x140
gpiolib_cdev_register from gpiochip_setup_dev+0x4c/0xd0
gpiochip_setup_dev from gpiochip_add_data_with_key+0x960/0xad4
gpiochip_add_data_with_key from devm_gpiochip_add_data_with_key+0x20/0x5c

This is because the SRCU wasn't held in gpiolib_cdev_register() when the
caller is from gpiochip_add_data_with_key() instead of
gpiochip_setup_devs(). gpiochip_sysfs_register() shares the similar
concern.

Given that both gpiolib_cdev_register() and gpiochip_sysfs_register()
are only called from gpiolib but no external users. Remove the lockdep
checks to fix the warnings.

Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/506ce9b3-d492-4fce-9d02-330e411911e2@xxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: cf674f1a0c98 ("gpio: Ensure struct gpio_chip for gpiochip_setup_dev()")
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 2 --
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c | 2 --
2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 7ebdb4993a74..f36b7c06996d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -2732,8 +2732,6 @@ int gpiolib_cdev_register(struct gpio_chip *gc, dev_t devt)
struct gpio_device *gdev = gc->gpiodev;
int ret;

- lockdep_assert_held(&gdev->srcu);
-
cdev_init(&gdev->chrdev, &gpio_fileops);
gdev->chrdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
gdev->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(devt), gdev->id);
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
index 748a3eb1bf35..fc06b0c2881b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
@@ -990,8 +990,6 @@ int gpiochip_sysfs_register(struct gpio_chip *gc)
struct device *parent;
int err;

- lockdep_assert_held(&gdev->srcu);
-
/*
* Many systems add gpio chips for SOC support very early,
* before driver model support is available. In those cases we
--
2.51.0