When del_timer_sync() is called in an interrupt context it throws a warning because of potential deadlock. Threaded irq handler fixes the potential problem. Signed-off-by: Piotr Wojtaszczyk <piotr.wojtaszczyk@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c index a12525b3186b..b2ab6fb168bf 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c @@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ static int i2c_pnx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) ret = alg_data->irq; goto out_clock; } - ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, alg_data->irq, i2c_pnx_interrupt, - 0, pdev->name, alg_data); + ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, alg_data->irq, NULL, i2c_pnx_interrupt, + IRQF_ONESHOT, pdev->name, alg_data); if (ret) goto out_clock; -- 2.25.1