pmbus_regulator_get_status() acquires update_lock. pmbus_regulator_get_error_flags() acquires it again, resulting in an immediate deadlock. Call _pmbus_get_flags() from pmbus_regulator_get_status() directly to avoid the problem. Reported-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/b7a3ad85-aab4-4718-a001-1d8b1c0eef36@xxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u Cc: Naresh Solanki <Naresh.Solanki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: c05f477c4ba3 ("hwmon: (pmbus/core) Implement regulator get_status") Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- I want to send this in a pull request this week, and I have not heard back from the reporters. Patrick, Naresh, please feel free to submit a similar patch by Thursday EOB this week. Otherwise I'll send this one upstream. drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c index 30aeb59062a5..69a4e62b6c8d 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c @@ -2946,6 +2946,7 @@ static int pmbus_regulator_get_status(struct regulator_dev *rdev) struct pmbus_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client); u8 page = rdev_get_id(rdev); int status, ret; + int event; mutex_lock(&data->update_lock); status = pmbus_get_status(client, page, PMBUS_STATUS_WORD); @@ -2965,7 +2966,7 @@ static int pmbus_regulator_get_status(struct regulator_dev *rdev) goto unlock; } - ret = pmbus_regulator_get_error_flags(rdev, &status); + ret = _pmbus_get_flags(data, rdev_get_id(rdev), &status, &event, false); if (ret) goto unlock; -- 2.39.2