[PATCH 1/2] gpio: sch: use raw_spinlock_t in the irq startup path
From: Runyu Xiao
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 12:01:34 EST
sch_irq_unmask() enables the GPIO IRQ and then updates the controller
state through sch_irq_mask_unmask(), which takes sch->lock with
spin_lock_irqsave(). The callback can be reached from irq_startup()
while setting up a requested IRQ. That path is not sleepable, but on
PREEMPT_RT a regular spinlock_t becomes a sleeping lock.
This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then manually
reviewed against the current tree.
The grounded PoC kept the request_threaded_irq() -> __setup_irq() ->
irq_startup() -> sch_irq_unmask() -> sch_irq_mask_unmask() carrier and
used the original spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock) edge. Lockdep reported:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context
hardirqs last disabled at ... __setup_irq.constprop.0 ... [vuln_msv]
sch_rt_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1c/0x30 [vuln_msv]
sch_irq_mask_unmask.constprop.0+0x31/0x70 [vuln_msv]
__setup_irq.constprop.0+0xd/0x30 [vuln_msv]
Convert the SCH controller lock to raw_spinlock_t. The same lock is
also used by the GPIO direction and value callbacks, but those critical
sections only update MMIO-backed GPIO registers and do not contain
sleepable operations. Keeping this register lock non-sleeping is
therefore appropriate for the irqchip callbacks and does not change the
GPIO-side locking contract.
Fixes: 7a81638485c1 ("gpio: sch: Add edge event support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-sch.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sch.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sch.c
index 966d16a6d515..5e361742a11a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sch.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sch.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
struct sch_gpio {
struct gpio_chip chip;
void __iomem *regs;
- spinlock_t lock;
+ raw_spinlock_t lock;
unsigned short resume_base;
/* GPE handling */
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ static int sch_gpio_direction_in(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio_num)
struct sch_gpio *sch = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GIO, 1);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
return 0;
}
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ static int sch_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio_num, int val)
struct sch_gpio *sch = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GLV, val);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
return 0;
}
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ static int sch_gpio_direction_out(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio_num,
struct sch_gpio *sch = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GIO, 0);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
/*
* according to the datasheet, writing to the level register has no
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ static int sch_irq_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int type)
return -EINVAL;
}
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GTPE, rising);
sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GTNE, falling);
irq_set_handler_locked(d, handle_edge_irq);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
return 0;
}
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ static void sch_irq_ack(struct irq_data *d)
irq_hw_number_t gpio_num = irqd_to_hwirq(d);
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GTS, 1);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
}
static void sch_irq_mask_unmask(struct gpio_chip *gc, irq_hw_number_t gpio_num, int val)
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ static void sch_irq_mask_unmask(struct gpio_chip *gc, irq_hw_number_t gpio_num,
struct sch_gpio *sch = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GGPE, val);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
}
static void sch_irq_mask(struct irq_data *d)
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ static u32 sch_gpio_gpe_handler(acpi_handle gpe_device, u32 gpe, void *context)
int offset;
u32 ret;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sch->lock, flags);
core_status = ioread32(sch->regs + CORE_BANK_OFFSET + GTS);
resume_status = ioread32(sch->regs + RESUME_BANK_OFFSET + GTS);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sch->lock, flags);
pending = (resume_status << sch->resume_base) | core_status;
for_each_set_bit(offset, &pending, sch->chip.ngpio)
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int sch_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
sch->regs = regs;
- spin_lock_init(&sch->lock);
+ raw_spin_lock_init(&sch->lock);
sch->chip = sch_gpio_chip;
sch->chip.label = dev_name(dev);
sch->chip.parent = dev;
--
2.34.1