When a gpiochip gets added by loading a module, then another driver may be waiting for that gpiochip to load on the deferred-probe list. If the deferred-probe for the consumer of gpiochip then triggers between the gpiodev_add_to_list_unlocked() calls which makes gpio_device_find() see the chip and the gpiochip_setup_dev() later then gpio_device_find() does a kobject_get() on an uninitialzed kobject since the kobject is initialized by gpiochip_setup_dev() calling device_initialize(): [ 30.408904] arizona spi-10WM5102:00: cannot find GPIO chip arizona, deferring [ 30.422987] arizona spi-10WM5102:00: cannot find GPIO chip arizona, deferring [ 30.456477] arizona spi-10WM5102:00: cannot find GPIO chip arizona, deferring [ 30.619517] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 30.619580] kobject: 'gpiochip5' (00000000241466f2): is not initialized, yet kobject_get() is being called. [ 30.619664] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 42 at lib/kobject.c:640 kobject_get+0x43/0x70 [ 30.619685] Modules linked in: rmi_core(+) lenovo_yoga_tab2_pro_1380_fastcharger(E) cs_dsp industrialio gpio_arizona(+) extcon_lc824206xa(+) arizona_micsupp(+) lp855x_bl bq27xxx_battery_i2c pn544_mei bq27xxx_battery phy_tusb1210 mei_phy dwc3 pn544 hci nfc snd_soc_sst_bytcr_wm5102 udc_core mei_hdcp ulpi mei_pxp gpio_keys intel_rapl_msr intel_soc_dts_thermal intel_soc_dts_iosf brcmfmac_wcc intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel bq24190_charger x86_android_tablets(E) brcmfmac kvm snd_sof_acpi_intel_byt snd_sof_acpi snd_sof_intel_atom brcmutil punit_atom_debug snd_sof_xtensa_dsp cfg80211 intel_cstate snd_sof atomisp(C) snd_sof_utils atomisp_gmin_platform(C) ipu_bridge pcspkr v4l2_fwnode v4l2_async snd_intel_sst_acpi videobuf2_vmalloc snd_intel_sst_core videobuf2_memops snd_soc_sst_atom_hifi2_platform videobuf2_v4l2 intel_bytcrc_pwrsrc(E) videodev snd_soc_acpi_intel_match videobuf2_common snd_soc_acpi snd_intel_dspcfg mei_txe snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_hdmi_lpe_audio mei mc snd_soc_core lpc_ich dwc3_pci hci_uart btqca btrtl [ 30.620209] btintel snd_compress ac97_bus btbcm snd_pcm_dmaengine int3401_thermal processor_thermal_device processor_thermal_wt_hint bluetooth processor_thermal_rfim snd_seq processor_thermal_rapl binfmt_misc intel_rapl_common soc_button_array snd_seq_device int3406_thermal snd_pcm processor_thermal_wt_req processor_thermal_power_floor int3403_thermal processor_thermal_mbox dptf_power int340x_thermal_zone int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel ecdh_generic rfkill_gpio intel_int0002_vgpio(E) snd_timer rfkill arizona_spi arizona_ldo1 snd arizona acpi_pad regmap_spi soundcore vfat fat loop nfnetlink zram i915 crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul mmc_block crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel sha512_ssse3 sha256_ssse3 wdat_wdt sha1_ssse3 i2c_algo_bit drm_buddy ttm drm_display_helper cec video sdhci_acpi wmi sdhci spi_pxa2xx_platform mmc_core i2c_hid_acpi i2c_hid dw_dmac pwm_lpss_platform pwm_lpss ip6_tables ip_tables i2c_dev fuse [ 30.620662] CPU: 3 PID: 42 Comm: kworker/u18:0 Tainted: G C E 6.9.0-rc1+ #9 [ 30.620675] Hardware name: Intel Corp. VALLEYVIEW C0 PLATFORM/BYT-T FFD8, BIOS BLADE_21.X64.0005.R00.1504101516 FFD8_X64_R_2015_04_10_1516 04/10/2015 [ 30.620685] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func [ 30.620708] RIP: 0010:kobject_get+0x43/0x70 [ 30.620722] Code: 0f c1 43 38 85 c0 74 39 8d 50 01 09 c2 78 1f 48 89 d8 5b c3 cc cc cc cc 48 8b 37 48 89 fa 48 c7 c7 00 b5 b1 a9 e8 ed 1a 0b ff <0f> 0b eb c8 be 01 00 00 00 e8 ef 47 82 ff 48 89 d8 5b c3 cc cc cc [ 30.620733] RSP: 0000:ffffb743401b7b88 EFLAGS: 00010296 [ 30.620749] RAX: 000000000000005f RBX: ffff9ea156b13800 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 30.620758] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: 00000000ffffffff [ 30.620767] RBP: ffff9ea156b13800 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb743401b7a30 [ 30.620776] R10: ffff9ea1adbe2fa8 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 30.620785] R13: ffff9ea148d8f830 R14: ffff9ea156b13e80 R15: ffffffffa8947926 [ 30.620794] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9ea1b9580000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 30.620805] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 30.620814] CR2: 00007f67ea538478 CR3: 0000000004850000 CR4: 00000000001006f0 [ 30.620824] Call Trace: [ 30.620834] <TASK> [ 30.620849] ? __warn.cold+0xb1/0x13e [ 30.620867] ? kobject_get+0x43/0x70 [ 30.620885] ? report_bug+0xe6/0x170 [ 30.620910] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x80 [ 30.620927] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60 [ 30.620943] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 30.620957] ? gpio_device_find+0x16/0x260 [ 30.620997] ? kobject_get+0x43/0x70 [ 30.621016] ? kobject_get+0x43/0x70 [ 30.621029] gpio_device_find+0x216/0x260 [ 30.621047] ? __pfx_gpio_chip_match_by_label+0x10/0x10 [ 30.621120] gpiod_find_and_request+0x33a/0x480 [ 30.621140] ? __pfx_device_match_name+0x10/0x10 [ 30.621170] gpiod_get+0x41/0x60 [ 30.621191] snd_byt_wm5102_mc_probe+0xfd/0x500 [snd_soc_sst_bytcr_wm5102] [ 30.621231] ? __pfx___device_attach_driver+0x10/0x10 [ 30.621247] platform_probe+0x40/0xa0 [ 30.621269] really_probe+0xde/0x340 [ 30.621282] ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x50/0x90 [ 30.621304] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x110 [ 30.621324] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0xa0 [ 30.621343] __device_attach_driver+0x85/0x110 [ 30.621364] bus_for_each_drv+0x78/0xc0 [ 30.621389] __device_attach+0xb0/0x1b0 [ 30.621413] bus_probe_device+0x94/0xb0 [ 30.621435] deferred_probe_work_func+0x99/0xf0 [ 30.621452] process_one_work+0x222/0x5a0 [ 30.621470] ? move_linked_works+0x70/0xa0 [ 30.621502] worker_thread+0x1d1/0x3e0 [ 30.621526] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 30.621539] kthread+0xee/0x120 [ 30.621554] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 30.621572] ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50 [ 30.621587] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 30.621602] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 30.621652] </TASK> [ 30.621661] irq event stamp: 11481 [ 30.621669] hardirqs last enabled at (11487): [<ffffffffa81b9ccd>] console_unlock+0x10d/0x140 [ 30.621683] hardirqs last disabled at (11492): [<ffffffffa81b9cb2>] console_unlock+0xf2/0x140 [ 30.621695] softirqs last enabled at (11330): [<ffffffffa81143eb>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x9b/0x100 [ 30.621708] softirqs last disabled at (11325): [<ffffffffa81143eb>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x9b/0x100 [ 30.621720] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Not only is the device not initialized yet, but when the gpio-device is added to the list things like the irqchip also have not been initialized yet. So gpio_device_find() should really ignore the gpio-device until gpiochip_add_data_with_key() is fully done. Add a device_is_registered() check to gpio_device_find() to ignore gpio-devices on the list which are not yet fully initialized. Suggested-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 59ccf9a3e153..4c674a37bcfc 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ struct gpio_device *gpio_device_find(const void *data, gc = srcu_dereference(gdev->chip, &gdev->srcu); - if (gc && match(gc, data)) + if (device_is_registered(&gdev->dev) && gc && match(gc, data)) return gpio_device_get(gdev); } -- 2.44.0