Rule out the possibility of unbinding 'mlxcpld_i2c_driver' from a device via sysfs, by setting "suppress_bind_attrs" to "true". 'i2c_mlxcpld' is a platform drivers and it registered via platform_driver_probe() and can be bound to devices only once, upon registration. It fixes the issue found while running kernel with the option CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE. Driver 'mlx-platform' registers 'i2c_mlxcpld' device and then registers few underlying 'i2c-mux-reg' devices: priv->pdev_i2c = platform_device_register_simple("i2c_mlxcpld", nr, NULL, 0); if (IS_ERR(priv->pdev_i2c)) { err = PTR_ERR(priv->pdev_i2c); goto fail_alloc; } for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mlxplat_mux_data); i++) { priv->pdev_mux[i] = platform_device_register_resndata( &mlxplat_dev->dev, "i2c-mux-reg", i, NULL, 0, &mlxplat_mux_data[i], sizeof(mlxplat_mux_data[i])); ... There is a race during initialization flow while 'i2c_mlxcpld.1' is removing after probe, while 'i2c-mux-reg.0' is still in probing flow: 'i2c_mlxcpld.1' flow: probe -> remove -> probe. 'i2c-mux-reg.0' flow: probe -> ... [ 12:621096] Registering platform device 'i2c_mlxcpld.1'. Parent at platform [ 12:621117] device: 'i2c_mlxcpld.1': device_add [ 12:621155] bus: 'platform': add device i2c_mlxcpld.1 [ 12:621384] Registering platform device 'i2c-mux-reg.0'. Parent at mlxplat [ 12:621395] device: 'i2c-mux-reg.0': device_add [ 12:621425] bus: 'platform': add device i2c-mux-reg.0 [ 12:621806] Registering platform device 'i2c-mux-reg.1'. Parent at mlxplat [ 12:621828] device: 'i2c-mux-reg.1': device_add [ 12:621892] bus: 'platform': add device i2c-mux-reg.1 [ 12:621906] bus: 'platform': add driver i2c_mlxcpld [ 12:621996] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device i2c_mlxcpld.1 with driver i2c_mlxcpld [ 12:622003] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver i2c_mlxcpld with device i2c_mlxcpld.1 [ 12:622100] i2c_mlxcpld i2c_mlxcpld.1: no default pinctrl state [ 12:622293] device: 'i2c-1': device_add [ 12:627280] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-1 [ 12:627692] device: 'i2c-1': device_add [ 12.629639] bus: 'platform': add driver i2c-mux-reg [ 12.629718] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device i2c-mux-reg.0 with driver i2c-mux-reg [ 12.629723] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver i2c-mux-reg with device i2c-mux-reg.0 [ 12.629818] i2c-mux-reg i2c-mux-reg.0: no default pinctrl state [ 12.629981] platform i2c-mux-reg.0: Driver i2c-mux-reg requests probe deferral [ 12.629986] platform i2c-mux-reg.0: Added to deferred list [ 12.629992] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device i2c-mux-reg.1 with driver i2c-mux-reg [ 12.629997] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver i2c-mux-reg with device i2c-mux-reg.1 [ 12.630091] i2c-mux-reg i2c-mux-reg.1: no default pinctrl state [ 12.630247] platform i2c-mux-reg.1: Driver i2c-mux-reg requests probe deferral [ 12.630252] platform i2c-mux-reg.1: Added to deferred list [ 12.640892] devices_kset: Moving i2c-mux-reg.0 to end of list [ 12.640900] platform i2c-mux-reg.0: Retrying from deferred list [ 12.640911] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device i2c-mux-reg.0 with driver i2c-mux-reg [ 12.640919] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver i2c-mux-reg with device i2c-mux-reg.0 [ 12.640999] i2c-mux-reg i2c-mux-reg.0: no default pinctrl state [ 12.641177] platform i2c-mux-reg.0: Driver i2c-mux-reg requests probe deferral [ 12.641187] platform i2c-mux-reg.0: Added to deferred list [ 12.641198] devices_kset: Moving i2c-mux-reg.1 to end of list [ 12.641219] platform i2c-mux-reg.1: Retrying from deferred list [ 12.641237] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device i2c-mux-reg.1 with driver i2c-mux-reg [ 12.641247] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver i2c-mux-reg with device i2c-mux-reg.1 [ 12.641331] i2c-mux-reg i2c-mux-reg.1: no default pinctrl state [ 12.641465] platform i2c-mux-reg.1: Driver i2c-mux-reg requests probe deferral [ 12.641469] platform i2c-mux-reg.1: Added to deferred list [ 12.646427] device: 'i2c-1': device_add [ 12.646647] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-1 [ 12.647104] device: 'i2c-1': device_add [ 12.669231] devices_kset: Moving i2c-mux-reg.0 to end of list [ 12.669240] platform i2c-mux-reg.0: Retrying from deferred list [ 12.669258] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device i2c-mux-reg.0 with driver i2c-mux-reg [ 12.669263] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver i2c-mux-reg with device i2c-mux-reg.0 [ 12.669343] i2c-mux-reg i2c-mux-reg.0: no default pinctrl state [ 12.669585] device: 'i2c-2': device_add [ 12.669795] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-2 [ 12.670201] device: 'i2c-2': device_add [ 12.671427] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 2 [ 12.671514] device: 'i2c-3': device_add [ 12.671724] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-3 [ 12.672136] device: 'i2c-3': device_add [ 12.673378] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 3 [ 12.673472] device: 'i2c-4': device_add [ 12.673676] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-4 [ 12.674060] device: 'i2c-4': device_add [ 12.675861] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 4 [ 12.675941] device: 'i2c-5': device_add [ 12.676150] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-5 [ 12.676550] device: 'i2c-5': device_add [ 12.678103] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 5 [ 12.678193] device: 'i2c-6': device_add [ 12.678395] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-6 [ 12.678774] device: 'i2c-6': device_add [ 12.679969] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 6 [ 12.680065] device: 'i2c-7': device_add [ 12.680275] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-7 [ 12.680913] device: 'i2c-7': device_add [ 12.682506] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 7 [ 12.682600] device: 'i2c-8': device_add [ 12.682808] bus: 'i2c': add device i2c-8 [ 12.683189] device: 'i2c-8': device_add [ 12.683907] device: 'i2c-1': device_unregister [ 12.683945] device: 'i2c-1': device_unregister [ 12.684387] device: 'i2c-1': device_create_release [ 12.684536] bus: 'i2c': remove device i2c-1 [ 12.686019] i2c i2c-8: Failed to create compatibility class link [ 12.686086] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 12.686087] can't create symlink to mux device [ 12.686224] Workqueue: events deferred_probe_work_func [ 12.686135] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 436 at drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c:416 i2c_mux_add_adapter+0x729/0x7d0 [i2c_mux] [ 12.686232] RIP: 0010:i2c_mux_add_adapter+0x729/0x7d0 [i2c_mux] [ 0x190/0x190 [i2c_mux] [ 12.686300] ? i2c_mux_alloc+0xac/0x110 [i2c_mux] [ 12.686306] ? i2c_mux_reg_set+0x200/0x200 [i2c_mux_reg] [ 12.686313] i2c_mux_reg_probe+0x22c/0x731 [i2c_mux_reg] [ 12.686322] ? i2c_mux_reg_deselect+0x60/0x60 [i2c_mux_reg] [ 12.686346] platform_drv_probe+0xa8/0x110 [ 12.686351] really_probe+0x185/0x720 [ 12.686358] driver_probe_device+0xdf/0x1f0 ... [ 12.686522] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 8 [ 12.686621] device: 'i2c-9': device_add [ 12.686626] kobject_add_internal failed for i2c-9 (error: -2 parent: i2c-1) [ 12.694729] i2c-core: adapter 'i2c-1-mux (chan_id 8)': can't register device (-2) [ 12.705726] i2c i2c-1: failed to add mux-adapter 8 as bus 9 (error=-2) [ 12.714494] device: 'i2c-8': device_unregister [ 12.714537] device: 'i2c-8': device_unregister Signed-off-by: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c index 2fd717d8dd30..dbdceeb5ac5d 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c @@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mlxcpld_i2c_driver = { .remove = mlxcpld_i2c_remove, .driver = { .name = MLXCPLD_I2C_DEVICE_NAME, + .suppress_bind_attrs = true, }, }; -- 2.11.0