[PATCH 19/19] rtc: abx80x: simplify locking

From: alexandre . belloni

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 17:27:02 EST


From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Use the ops_lock that is used by the core to lock operations. This ensures
we will never get any ABBA deadlock.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c | 27 +++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c
index 718e6b8555f5..1c69d0e2f940 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
#include <linux/i2c.h>
#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/regmap.h>
#include <linux/rtc.h>
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ struct abx80x_priv {
struct rtc_device *rtc;
struct regmap *regmap;
struct watchdog_device wdog;
- struct mutex lock;
int irq;
};

@@ -249,8 +247,6 @@ static int abx80x_rtc_set_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
buf[ABX8XX_REG_YR] = bin2bcd(tm->tm_year - 100);
buf[ABX8XX_REG_WD] = tm->tm_wday;

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
-
err = regmap_bulk_write(priv->regmap, ABX8XX_REG_HTH, buf,
sizeof(buf));
if (err < 0) {
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ static irqreturn_t abx80x_handle_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
unsigned int status, status_flags_clear;
int err;

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
+ guard(rtc_ops)(rtc);

err = regmap_read(priv->regmap, ABX8XX_REG_STATUS, &status);
if (err < 0)
@@ -349,8 +345,6 @@ static int abx80x_set_alarm(struct device *dev, struct rtc_wkalrm *t)
alarm[4] = bin2bcd(t->time.tm_mday);
alarm[5] = bin2bcd(t->time.tm_mon + 1);

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
-
err = regmap_bulk_write(priv->regmap, ABX8XX_REG_AHTH,
alarm, sizeof(alarm));
if (err < 0) {
@@ -391,7 +385,7 @@ static int abx80x_rtc_set_autocalibration(struct device *dev,
flags |= (ABX8XX_OSC_ACAL_1024 | ABX8XX_OSC_ACAL_512);
}

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
+ guard(rtc_ops)(priv->rtc);

/* Unlock write access to Oscillator Control Register */
if (abx80x_write_config_key(dev, ABX8XX_CFG_KEY_OSC) < 0)
@@ -473,7 +467,7 @@ static ssize_t oscillator_store(struct device *dev,
return -EINVAL;
}

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
+ guard(rtc_ops)(priv->rtc);

/* Unlock write access on Oscillator Control register */
if (abx80x_write_config_key(dev->parent, ABX8XX_CFG_KEY_OSC) < 0)
@@ -523,8 +517,6 @@ static int abx80x_alarm_irq_enable(struct device *dev, unsigned int enabled)
struct abx80x_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
int err;

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
-
if (enabled)
err = regmap_write(priv->regmap, ABX8XX_REG_IRQ,
ABX8XX_IRQ_IM_1_4 | ABX8XX_IRQ_AIE);
@@ -551,10 +543,8 @@ static int abx80x_ioctl(struct device *dev, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
return put_user(tmp, (unsigned int __user *)arg);

case RTC_VL_CLR:
- scoped_guard(mutex, &priv->lock) {
- err = regmap_update_bits(priv->regmap, ABX8XX_REG_STATUS,
- ABX8XX_STATUS_BLF, 0);
- }
+ err = regmap_update_bits(priv->regmap, ABX8XX_REG_STATUS,
+ ABX8XX_STATUS_BLF, 0);

return err;

@@ -623,7 +613,7 @@ static int __abx80x_wdog_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdog,
struct abx80x_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdog);
u8 val = ABX8XX_WDT_WDS | timeout_bits(timeout);

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
+ guard(rtc_ops)(priv->rtc);

/*
* Writing any timeout to the WDT register resets the watchdog timer.
@@ -710,7 +700,7 @@ static int abx80x_nvmem_xfer(struct abx80x_priv *priv, unsigned int offset,
len = min(lower + bytes, (size_t)ABX8XX_SRAM_WIN_SIZE) - lower;
len = min_t(u8, len, I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX);

- guard(mutex)(&priv->lock);
+ guard(rtc_ops)(priv->rtc);

ret = regmap_update_bits(priv->regmap, ABX8XX_REG_EXTRAM,
ABX8XX_EXTRAM_XADS, upper);
@@ -806,9 +796,6 @@ static int abx80x_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap, int irq,
priv->rtc->ops = &abx80x_rtc_ops;
priv->irq = irq;
priv->regmap = regmap;
- err = devm_mutex_init(dev, &priv->lock);
- if (err)
- return err;

dev_set_drvdata(dev, priv);

--
2.56.0