Re: [PATCH] gpio: pca953x: mask interrupts in irq shutdown

[Emanuele Ghidoli <ghidoliemanuele@gmail.com>]

On 27/01/2026 10:29, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Add a few recent developers to CC, this is a very widely used GPIO chip.
> 
> Emanuele was dealing with IRQ storms and may want to look at this.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM Martin Larsson <martin.larsson@actia.se> wrote:
> 
>> In the existing implementation irq_shutdown does not mask the interrupts
>> in hardware. This can cause spurious interrupts from the IO expander.
>> Add masking to irq_shutdown to prevent spurious interrupts.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Martin Larsson <martin.larsson@actia.se>
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
>> index 8727ae54bc57..f93a3dbb2daa 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
>> @@ -914,6 +914,8 @@ static void pca953x_irq_shutdown(struct irq_data *d)
>>         clear_bit(hwirq, chip->irq_trig_fall);
>>         clear_bit(hwirq, chip->irq_trig_level_low);
>>         clear_bit(hwirq, chip->irq_trig_level_high);
>> +
>> +       pca953x_irq_mask(d);
> 
> It makes sense to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

Looks good to me, thanks.

Emanuele