[PATCH 2/2] gpio: eic-sprd: use raw_spinlock_t in the irq startup path

From: Runyu Xiao

Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 11:55:38 EST


sprd_eic_irq_unmask() enables the GPIO IRQ and then updates controller
state through sprd_eic_update(), which takes sprd_eic->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() -> sprd_eic_irq_unmask() -> sprd_eic_update() carrier and
used the original spin_lock_irqsave(&sprd_eic->lock) edge. Lockdep
reported:

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context
hardirqs last disabled at ... __setup_irq.constprop.0 ... [vuln_msv]
sprd_rt_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1c/0x30 [vuln_msv]
sprd_eic_update.constprop.0+0x48/0x90 [vuln_msv]
sprd_eic_irq_unmask.constprop.0+0x35/0x50 [vuln_msv]
__setup_irq.constprop.0+0xd/0x30 [vuln_msv]

Convert the Spreadtrum EIC controller lock to raw_spinlock_t. The
locked section only serializes MMIO register updates and does not contain
sleepable operations, so keeping it non-sleeping is appropriate for the
irqchip callbacks.

Fixes: 25518e024e3a ("gpio: Add Spreadtrum EIC driver support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-eic-sprd.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-eic-sprd.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-eic-sprd.c
index 50fafeda8d7e..3b7ebcf12fe7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-eic-sprd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-eic-sprd.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct sprd_eic {
struct notifier_block irq_nb;
void __iomem *base[SPRD_EIC_MAX_BANK];
enum sprd_eic_type type;
- spinlock_t lock;
+ raw_spinlock_t lock;
int irq;
};

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void sprd_eic_update(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset,
unsigned long flags;
u32 tmp;

- spin_lock_irqsave(&sprd_eic->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sprd_eic->lock, flags);
tmp = readl_relaxed(base + reg);

if (val)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void sprd_eic_update(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset,
tmp &= ~BIT(SPRD_EIC_BIT(offset));

writel_relaxed(tmp, base + reg);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sprd_eic->lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sprd_eic->lock, flags);
}

static int sprd_eic_read(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset, u16 reg)
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static int sprd_eic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!sprd_eic)
return -ENOMEM;

- spin_lock_init(&sprd_eic->lock);
+ raw_spin_lock_init(&sprd_eic->lock);
sprd_eic->type = pdata->type;

sprd_eic->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
--
2.34.1