From: Michael Reeves via B4 Relay <devnull+michael.reeves077.gmail.com@kernel.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
maple-tree@lists.infradead.org, asahi@lists.linux.dev,
Michael Reeves <michael.reeves077@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] regmap: Drop map lock during cache init and exit
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:38:43 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261004-regcache-lifecycle-submit-v2-2-976d405e89a7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261004-regcache-lifecycle-submit-v2-0-976d405e89a7@gmail.com>
From: Michael Reeves <michael.reeves077@gmail.com>
On systems with CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING enabled, Apple GPIO probe
triggers an "Invalid wait context" lockdep warning.
The driver uses a regmap with a raw spinlock and REGCACHE_FLAT. During
regcache_init(), regcache_flat_init() allocates memory while holding the
raw spinlock. The memory allocator can acquire a non-raw spinlock, which
causes an invalid raw-to-non-raw lock nesting error. The abbreviated call
chain is:
apple_gpio_pinctrl_probe
regcache_init
regcache_flat_init
__kmalloc_noprof
__pcs_replace_empty_main
refill_objects
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave
Cache allocation occurs before the regmap is published, cache destruction
occurs after users have stopped accessing it, and regmap_reinit_cache()
requires callers to prevent concurrent access. Remove the outer map lock
from cache initialization and destruction. Keep it for cache population
and normal register access.
The Maple cache still uses its internal spinlock during teardown. That
lock can also be acquired from hard IRQ context during register access, so
use spin_lock_irqsave() during teardown to preserve its IRQ-safe lockdep
state.
Fixes: fd4ebc07b4df ("regmap: Hold the regmap lock when allocating and freeing the cache")
Signed-off-by: Michael Reeves <michael.reeves077@gmail.com>
---
drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c | 5 +++--
drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c | 6 ------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c
index e46fe5c32b..9419dc1be9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-maple.c
@@ -312,16 +312,17 @@ static void regcache_maple_exit(struct regmap *map)
struct maple_tree *mt = map->cache;
MA_STATE(mas, mt, 0, UINT_MAX);
unsigned int *entry;
+ unsigned long flags;
/* if we've already been called then just return */
if (!mt)
return;
- mas_lock(&mas);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&mt->ma_lock, flags);
mas_for_each(&mas, entry, UINT_MAX)
kfree(entry);
__mt_destroy(mt);
- mas_unlock(&mas);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mt->ma_lock, flags);
kfree(mt);
map->cache = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index 0d58d900a2..b137ded7fd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -225,9 +225,7 @@ int regcache_init(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
if (map->cache_ops->init) {
dev_dbg(map->dev, "Initializing %s cache\n",
map->cache_ops->name);
- map->lock(map->lock_arg);
ret = map->cache_ops->init(map);
- map->unlock(map->lock_arg);
if (ret)
goto err_free_reg_defaults;
}
@@ -259,9 +257,7 @@ int regcache_init(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
err_exit:
if (map->cache_ops->exit) {
dev_dbg(map->dev, "Destroying %s cache\n", map->cache_ops->name);
- map->lock(map->lock_arg);
map->cache_ops->exit(map);
- map->unlock(map->lock_arg);
}
err_free_reg_defaults:
kfree(map->reg_defaults);
@@ -281,9 +277,7 @@ void regcache_exit(struct regmap *map)
if (map->cache_ops->exit) {
dev_dbg(map->dev, "Destroying %s cache\n",
map->cache_ops->name);
- map->lock(map->lock_arg);
map->cache_ops->exit(map);
- map->unlock(map->lock_arg);
}
kfree(map->reg_defaults);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-04 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-04 12:38 [PATCH v2 0/2] regmap: Fix cache lifecycle locking and teardown Michael Reeves via B4 Relay
2026-10-04 12:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] regmap: Remove debugfs before cache teardown Michael Reeves via B4 Relay
2026-10-04 12:38 ` Michael Reeves via B4 Relay [this message]
2026-10-05 12:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] regmap: Drop map lock during cache init and exit Mark Brown
2026-10-05 15:49 ` Liam R. Howlett
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