Re:[PATCH 2/2] regulator: irq: freeze deferred hardware access during suspend

From: jiale yao

Date: Sat Oct 17 2026 - 03:23:24 EST


At 2026-10-16 18:05:22, "Jiale Yao" <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>The regulator IRQ helper delays status checks and recovery callbacks on
>non-freezable workqueues. Those callbacks may access regulator hardware
>after the backing bus has been suspended.
>
>Use system_freezable_wq for normal-priority callbacks. Allocate a
>freezable high-priority workqueue when requested so the high_prio
>contract is preserved while hardware access is frozen across suspend.
>

Fixes: 7111c6d1b31b ("regulator: IRQ based event/error notification helpers")

>Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/regulator/irq_helpers.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/regulator/irq_helpers.c b/drivers/regulator/irq_helpers.c
>index 5b3cfac28667..cdbd170d2b15 100644
>--- a/drivers/regulator/irq_helpers.c
>+++ b/drivers/regulator/irq_helpers.c
>@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> #include <linux/regmap.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
> #include <linux/regulator/driver.h>
>
> #include "internal.h"
>@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ struct regulator_irq {
> int irq;
> int retry_cnt;
> struct delayed_work isr_work;
>+ struct workqueue_struct *wq;
> };
>
> /*
>@@ -145,12 +147,7 @@ static void regulator_notifier_isr_work(struct work_struct *work)
> return;
>
> reschedule:
>- if (!d->high_prio)
>- mod_delayed_work(system_dfl_wq, &h->isr_work,
>- msecs_to_jiffies(tmo));
>- else
>- mod_delayed_work(system_highpri_wq, &h->isr_work,
>- msecs_to_jiffies(tmo));
>+ mod_delayed_work(h->wq, &h->isr_work, msecs_to_jiffies(tmo));
> }
>
> static irqreturn_t regulator_notifier_isr(int irq, void *data)
>@@ -248,13 +245,8 @@ static irqreturn_t regulator_notifier_isr(int irq, void *data)
> }
>
> if (d->irq_off_ms) {
>- if (!d->high_prio)
>- schedule_delayed_work(&h->isr_work,
>- msecs_to_jiffies(d->irq_off_ms));
>- else
>- mod_delayed_work(system_highpri_wq,
>- &h->isr_work,
>- msecs_to_jiffies(d->irq_off_ms));
>+ mod_delayed_work(h->wq, &h->isr_work,
>+ msecs_to_jiffies(d->irq_off_ms));
> }
>
> return IRQ_HANDLED;
>@@ -363,13 +355,25 @@ void *regulator_irq_helper(struct device *dev,
>
> init_rdev_errors(h);
>
>- if (h->desc.irq_off_ms)
>+ if (h->desc.irq_off_ms) {
>+ if (h->desc.high_prio) {
>+ h->wq = alloc_workqueue("regulator_irq_highpri",
>+ WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
>+ if (!h->wq)
>+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>+ } else {
>+ h->wq = system_freezable_wq;
>+ }
>+
> INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&h->isr_work, regulator_notifier_isr_work);
>+ }
>
> ret = request_threaded_irq(h->irq, NULL, regulator_notifier_isr,
> IRQF_ONESHOT | irq_flags, h->desc.name, h);
> if (ret) {
> dev_err(dev, "Failed to request IRQ %d\n", irq);
>+ if (h->desc.irq_off_ms && h->desc.high_prio)
>+ destroy_workqueue(h->wq);
>
> return ERR_PTR(ret);
> }
>@@ -393,8 +397,11 @@ void regulator_irq_helper_cancel(void **handle)
> struct regulator_irq *h = *handle;
>
> free_irq(h->irq, h);
>- if (h->desc.irq_off_ms)
>+ if (h->desc.irq_off_ms) {
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&h->isr_work);
>+ if (h->desc.high_prio)
>+ destroy_workqueue(h->wq);
>+ }
>
> h = NULL;
> }
>@@ -441,4 +448,3 @@ int regulator_irq_map_event_simple(int irq, struct regulator_irq_data *rid,
> return 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_irq_map_event_simple);
>-
>--
>2.34.1