[PATCH v2] gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()
From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Tue Jan 27 2026 - 15:17:56 EST
Commit 11a78b794496 ("ARM: OMAP: MPUIO wake updates") registers the
omap_mpuio_driver from omap_mpuio_init(), which is called from
omap_gpio_probe().
However, it neither makes sense to register drivers from probe()
callbacks of other drivers, nor does the driver core allow registering
drivers with a device lock already being held.
The latter was revealed by commit dc23806a7c47 ("driver core: enforce
device_lock for driver_match_device()") leading to a potential deadlock
condition described in [1].
Additionally, the omap_mpuio_driver is never unregistered from the
driver core, even if the module is unloaded.
Hence, register the omap_mpuio_driver from the module initcall and
unregister it in module_exit().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/DFU7CEPUSG9A.1KKGVW4HIPMSH@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
Fixes: dc23806a7c47 ("driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()")
Fixes: 11a78b794496 ("ARM: OMAP: MPUIO wake updates")
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
index e136e81794df..e39723b5901b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
@@ -799,10 +799,13 @@ static struct platform_device omap_mpuio_device = {
static inline void omap_mpuio_init(struct gpio_bank *bank)
{
- platform_set_drvdata(&omap_mpuio_device, bank);
+ static bool registered;
- if (platform_driver_register(&omap_mpuio_driver) == 0)
- (void) platform_device_register(&omap_mpuio_device);
+ platform_set_drvdata(&omap_mpuio_device, bank);
+ if (!registered) {
+ (void)platform_device_register(&omap_mpuio_device);
+ registered = true;
+ }
}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -1575,13 +1578,24 @@ static struct platform_driver omap_gpio_driver = {
*/
static int __init omap_gpio_drv_reg(void)
{
- return platform_driver_register(&omap_gpio_driver);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = platform_driver_register(&omap_mpuio_driver);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = platform_driver_register(&omap_gpio_driver);
+ if (ret)
+ platform_driver_unregister(&omap_mpuio_driver);
+
+ return ret;
}
postcore_initcall(omap_gpio_drv_reg);
static void __exit omap_gpio_exit(void)
{
platform_driver_unregister(&omap_gpio_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&omap_mpuio_driver);
}
module_exit(omap_gpio_exit);
base-commit: 63804fed149a6750ffd28610c5c1c98cce6bd377
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2.52.0