The driver may sleep under a spinlock. The function call path is: rtc7301_read_time (acquire the spinlock) rtc7301_wait_while_busy usleep_range --> may sleep To fix it, usleep_range is replaced with udelay. This bug is found by my static analysis tool(DSAC) and checked by my code review. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-r7301.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-r7301.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-r7301.c index 28d5408..d846e97 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-r7301.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-r7301.c @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int rtc7301_wait_while_busy(struct rtc7301_priv *priv) if (!(val & RTC7301_CONTROL_BUSY)) return 0; - usleep_range(200, 300); + udelay(300); } return -ETIMEDOUT; -- 1.7.9.5