[PATCH v2] irqchip/imx-irqsteer: Allow building as module
From: Zhipeng . wang_1
Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 05:38:24 EST
From: Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@xxxxxxx>
Make the driver buildable as a module by turning the Kconfig symbol into
a tristate and using module_platform_driver() instead of
builtin_platform_driver().
The existing remove() was incomplete for the module case, where the
driver can now be unloaded and reloaded. Fix it up:
- dispose the parent IRQ mappings from irq_of_parse_and_map(), which
were leaked on unload;
- dispose the child mappings before irq_domain_remove(), otherwise the
irq_descs keep pointing at imx_irqsteer_irq_chip in the freed module,
which blows up on the next /proc/interrupts read;
- resume the device before clk_disable_unprepare(), since it may be
runtime suspended with the clock already off, and skip the disable if
the resume fails;
- disable runtime PM to balance the pm_runtime_enable() from probe().
Signed-off-by: Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhipeng Wang <zhipeng.wang_1@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2 (addressing Sashiko AI review of v1):
- remove(): dispose child and parent IRQ mappings before
irq_domain_remove(), fixing a use-after-free of imx_irqsteer_irq_chip
(in freed module memory) on the next /proc/interrupts read after
unload;
- remove(): disable runtime PM to balance the pm_runtime_enable() from
probe(), so reload no longer warns about unbalanced runtime PM; resume
the device first and skip clk_disable_unprepare() if the resume fails,
keeping the ipg clock balanced.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260724090136.3595894-1-Zhipeng.wang_1@xxxxxxxxxxx
drivers/irqchip/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
index 42f2278a702d..07db3b678f94 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ config CSKY_APB_INTC
the controller's register.
config IMX_IRQSTEER
- bool "i.MX IRQSTEER support"
+ tristate "i.MX IRQSTEER support"
depends on ARCH_MXC || ARCH_S32 || COMPILE_TEST
default y if ARCH_MXC || ARCH_S32
select IRQ_DOMAIN
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c
index 87b07f517be3..da3889036182 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/irqchip/chained_irq.h>
#include <linux/irqdomain.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/of_irq.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ static int imx_irqsteer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
static void imx_irqsteer_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct irqsteer_data *irqsteer_data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
- int i;
+ int hwirq, i, ret;
for (i = 0; i < irqsteer_data->irq_count; i++) {
if (!irqsteer_data->irq[i])
@@ -282,11 +283,26 @@ static void imx_irqsteer_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(irqsteer_data->irq[i],
NULL, NULL);
+ irq_dispose_mapping(irqsteer_data->irq[i]);
}
+ for (hwirq = 0; hwirq < irqsteer_data->reg_num * 32; hwirq++)
+ irq_dispose_mapping(irq_find_mapping(irqsteer_data->domain,
+ hwirq));
+
irq_domain_remove(irqsteer_data->domain);
- clk_disable_unprepare(irqsteer_data->ipg_clk);
+ /*
+ * Device may be runtime suspended, with the ipg clock already gated.
+ * Resume it so the clock is balanced by the disable below; if resume
+ * fails the clock stays gated, so skip the disable in that case.
+ */
+ ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
+ pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
+ pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
+
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ clk_disable_unprepare(irqsteer_data->ipg_clk);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PM
@@ -349,6 +365,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id imx_irqsteer_dt_ids[] = {
{ .compatible = "nxp,s32n79-irqsteer", .data = &s32n79_data },
{},
};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, imx_irqsteer_dt_ids);
static struct platform_driver imx_irqsteer_driver = {
.driver = {
@@ -359,4 +376,7 @@ static struct platform_driver imx_irqsteer_driver = {
.probe = imx_irqsteer_probe,
.remove = imx_irqsteer_remove,
};
-builtin_platform_driver(imx_irqsteer_driver);
+module_platform_driver(imx_irqsteer_driver);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("i.MX IRQSTEER interrupt multiplexer/remapper driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
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