[PATCH v6 01/13] drm/bridge: it6505: quiesce event sources and work on remove()

From: Daniel Golle

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 22:58:47 EST


struct it6505 is freed by devres right after remove() returns, but
remove() cancels none of the driver's work items, so link_works,
hdcp_wait_ksv_list, hdcp_work and extcon_wq can still run afterwards
and dereference freed memory. Cancelling alone would not be enough:
the threaded IRQ and the extcon notifier stay live until devres
teardown and can requeue the works.

Unregister the extcon notifier and disable the IRQ first, then cancel
all work. Make it6505_remove_notifier_module() idempotent, tracking
the registration in a flag under extcon_lock, as both .detach() and
remove() call it now. The notifier_call pointer is left intact:
extcon traverses its raw notifier chain without holding a lock, so a
traversal racing with the unregistration may still invoke the
callback. Also initialise extcon_wq in probe: cancel_work_sync() on a
never-initialised work item trips WARN_ON(!work->func).

Fixes: b5c84a9edcd4 ("drm/bridge: add it6505 driver")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v6: track registration in a flag instead of clearing notifier_call,
which an unlocked chain traversal racing the unregistration
could have called as NULL

v5: serialise notifier registration state with extcon_lock

v4:
* quiesce event sources before cancelling work; retitled
* initialise extcon_wq in probe to avoid WARN_ON(!work->func)

v3: new patch

drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c
index 8ecb43611dba..a7ba6a0befda 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ struct it6505 {
struct drm_display_mode source_output_mode;
struct drm_display_mode video_info;
struct notifier_block event_nb;
+ bool extcon_registered;
struct extcon_dev *extcon;
struct work_struct extcon_wq;
int extcon_state;
@@ -2934,11 +2935,15 @@ static int it6505_use_notifier_module(struct it6505 *it6505)
int ret;
struct device *dev = it6505->dev;

+ mutex_lock(&it6505->extcon_lock);
it6505->event_nb.notifier_call = it6505_extcon_notifier;
- INIT_WORK(&it6505->extcon_wq, it6505_extcon_work);
ret = devm_extcon_register_notifier(it6505->dev,
it6505->extcon, EXTCON_DISP_DP,
&it6505->event_nb);
+ if (!ret)
+ it6505->extcon_registered = true;
+ mutex_unlock(&it6505->extcon_lock);
+
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "failed to register notifier for DP");
return ret;
@@ -2951,13 +2956,16 @@ static int it6505_use_notifier_module(struct it6505 *it6505)

static void it6505_remove_notifier_module(struct it6505 *it6505)
{
- if (it6505->extcon) {
- devm_extcon_unregister_notifier(it6505->dev,
- it6505->extcon, EXTCON_DISP_DP,
+ mutex_lock(&it6505->extcon_lock);
+ if (it6505->extcon && it6505->extcon_registered) {
+ devm_extcon_unregister_notifier(it6505->dev, it6505->extcon,
+ EXTCON_DISP_DP,
&it6505->event_nb);
-
- flush_work(&it6505->extcon_wq);
+ it6505->extcon_registered = false;
}
+ mutex_unlock(&it6505->extcon_lock);
+
+ flush_work(&it6505->extcon_wq);
}

static void __maybe_unused it6505_delayed_audio(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -3615,6 +3623,7 @@ static int it6505_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
INIT_WORK(&it6505->link_works, it6505_link_training_work);
INIT_WORK(&it6505->hdcp_wait_ksv_list, it6505_hdcp_wait_ksv_list);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&it6505->hdcp_work, it6505_hdcp_work);
+ INIT_WORK(&it6505->extcon_wq, it6505_extcon_work);
init_completion(&it6505->extcon_completion);
memset(it6505->dpcd, 0, sizeof(it6505->dpcd));
it6505->powered = false;
@@ -3647,6 +3656,12 @@ static void it6505_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
drm_bridge_remove(&it6505->bridge);
drm_dp_aux_unregister(&it6505->aux);
it6505_debugfs_remove(it6505);
+ it6505_remove_notifier_module(it6505);
+ disable_irq(it6505->irq);
+ cancel_work_sync(&it6505->link_works);
+ cancel_work_sync(&it6505->hdcp_wait_ksv_list);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&it6505->hdcp_work);
+ cancel_work_sync(&it6505->extcon_wq);
it6505_poweroff(it6505);
it6505_remove_edid(it6505);
}
--
2.55.0