The `drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(dev)` is called only if `priv->is_registered` is true, ensuring that it runs only when the device has been properly registered. Otherwise, if it encounters a defer probe, the following call trace will appear. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 13 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c:174 drm_atomic_helper_crtc_duplicate_state+0x68/0x70 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 13 Comm: kworker/u2:1 Hardware name: Generic AM33XX (Flattened Device Tree) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x24/0x2c dump_stack_lvl from __warn+0x80/0x134 __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x19c/0x1a4 warn_slowpath_fmt from drm_atomic_helper_crtc_duplicate_state+0x68/0x70 drm_atomic_helper_crtc_duplicate_state from drm_atomic_get_crtc_state+0x70/0x110 drm_atomic_get_crtc_state from drm_atomic_helper_disable_all+0x98/0x1c8 drm_atomic_helper_disable_all from drm_atomic_helper_shutdown+0x90/0x144 drm_atomic_helper_shutdown from tilcdc_fini+0x58/0xe0 tilcdc_fini from tilcdc_init.constprop.0+0x23c/0x620 tilcdc_init.constprop.0 from tilcdc_pdev_probe+0x58/0xac tilcdc_pdev_probe from platform_probe+0x64/0xb8 platform_probe from really_probe+0xd0/0x2e0 really_probe from __driver_probe_device+0x90/0x1a8 __driver_probe_device from driver_probe_device+0x38/0x10c driver_probe_device from __device_attach_driver+0x9c/0x110 __device_attach_driver from bus_for_each_drv+0x98/0xec bus_for_each_drv from __device_attach+0xb0/0x1ac __device_attach from bus_probe_device+0x90/0x94 bus_probe_device from deferred_probe_work_func+0x80/0xac deferred_probe_work_func from process_one_work+0x198/0x3f8 process_one_work from worker_thread+0x35c/0x550 worker_thread from kthread+0x108/0x124 kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 Exception stack(0xe0039fb0 to 0xe0039ff8) 9fa0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 9fc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 9fe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- tilcdc 4830e000.lcdc: [drm] *ERROR* Disabling all crtc's during unload failed with -12 Signed-off-by: Xulin Sun <xulin.sun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c index cd5eefa06060..9c11ea126b46 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c @@ -171,11 +171,12 @@ static void tilcdc_fini(struct drm_device *dev) if (priv->crtc) tilcdc_crtc_shutdown(priv->crtc); - if (priv->is_registered) + if (priv->is_registered) { drm_dev_unregister(dev); + drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(dev); + } drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(dev); - drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(dev); tilcdc_irq_uninstall(dev); drm_mode_config_cleanup(dev); -- 2.34.1