Writing and reading registers over SPI requires a sleepable context, since a mutex is used in the concerning functions. So instead of installing a generic interrupt handler use one for threaded interrupts. This provides the same functionality as before but also allows SPI functions to be called. Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@xxxxxx> --- drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c index 92c51c6..2c956a1 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c @@ -771,8 +771,10 @@ static int tpm_tis_probe_irq_single(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 intmask, int rc; u32 int_status; - if (devm_request_irq(chip->dev.parent, irq, tis_int_handler, flags, - dev_name(&chip->dev), chip) != 0) { + + if (devm_request_threaded_irq(chip->dev.parent, irq, NULL, + tis_int_handler, IRQF_ONESHOT | flags, + dev_name(&chip->dev), chip) != 0) { dev_info(&chip->dev, "Unable to request irq: %d for probe\n", irq); return -1; -- 2.7.4