running kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKS_ALLOC enabled will below warning: BUG: key ffff502e09807098 has not been registered! DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 129 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4623 lockdep_init_map_waits+0xe8/0x250 Modules linked in: CPU: 5 PID: 129 Comm: kworker/5:1 Tainted: G W 5.10.0-rc1-00277-ged49f224ca3f-dirty #1210 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT) Workqueue: events deferred_probe_work_func pstate: 80c00005 (Nzcv daif +PAN +UAO -TCO BTYPE=--) pc : lockdep_init_map_waits+0xe8/0x250 lr : lockdep_init_map_waits+0xe8/0x250 [ Trimmed ] Call trace: lockdep_init_map_waits+0xe8/0x250 __kernfs_create_file+0x78/0x180 sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0x94/0x1c8 internal_create_group+0x110/0x3e0 sysfs_create_group+0x18/0x28 devm_device_add_group+0x4c/0xb0 add_all_attributes+0x438/0x490 sdw_slave_sysfs_dpn_init+0x128/0x138 sdw_slave_sysfs_init+0x80/0xa0 sdw_drv_probe+0x94/0x170 really_probe+0x118/0x3e0 driver_probe_device+0x5c/0xc0 [ Trimmed ] CPU: 5 PID: 129 Comm: kworker/5:1 Tainted: G W 5.10.0-rc1-00277-ged49f224ca3f-dirty #1210 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT) Workqueue: events deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1c0 show_stack+0x18/0x68 dump_stack+0xd8/0x134 __warn+0xa0/0x158 report_bug+0xc8/0x178 bug_handler+0x20/0x78 brk_handler+0x70/0xc8 [ Trimmed ] Fix this by initializing dynamically allocated sysfs attribute to keep lockdep happy! Fixes: bcac59029955 ("soundwire: add Slave sysfs support") Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/soundwire/sysfs_slave_dpn.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/sysfs_slave_dpn.c b/drivers/soundwire/sysfs_slave_dpn.c index 05a721ea9830..c4b6543c09fd 100644 --- a/drivers/soundwire/sysfs_slave_dpn.c +++ b/drivers/soundwire/sysfs_slave_dpn.c @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static int field##_attribute_alloc(struct device *dev, \ return -ENOMEM; \ dpn_attr->N = N; \ dpn_attr->dir = dir; \ + sysfs_attr_init(&dpn_attr->dev_attr.attr); \ dpn_attr->format_string = format_string; \ dpn_attr->dev_attr.attr.name = __stringify(field); \ dpn_attr->dev_attr.attr.mode = 0444; \ -- 2.21.0