In the old code (e.g.) mutex_destroy() was called before pwmchip_remove(). Between these two calls it is possible that a pwm callback is used which tries to grab the mutex. Fixes: 6604c6556db9 ("pwm: Add PWM driver for OMAP using dual-mode timers") Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c index 00772fc53490..bdf94c78655f 100644 --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c @@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) { struct pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip *omap = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); + int ret; + + ret = pwmchip_remove(&omap->chip); + if (ret) + return ret; if (pm_runtime_active(&omap->dm_timer_pdev->dev)) omap->pdata->stop(omap->dm_timer); @@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) mutex_destroy(&omap->mutex); - return pwmchip_remove(&omap->chip); + return 0; } static const struct of_device_id pwm_omap_dmtimer_of_match[] = { -- 2.23.0