Calling devm_spi_register_controller() too early will cause problem. When probe failed occurs after calling devm_spi_register_controller(), the call of spi_controller_put() will trigger the following warning dump. [ 2.092138] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 2.096876] kernfs: can not remove 'uevent', no directory [ 2.102440] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 181 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1503 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xa0/0xb0 [ 2.111142] Modules linked in: [ 2.114207] CPU: 0 PID: 181 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted 5.4.24-05024-g775c6e8a738c-dirty #1314 [ 2.122991] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8DXL EVK (DT) [ 2.128141] Workqueue: events deferred_probe_work_func [ 2.133281] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO) [ 2.138076] pc : kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xa0/0xb0 [ 2.142958] lr : kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xa0/0xb0 [ 2.147837] sp : ffff8000122bba70 [ 2.151145] x29: ffff8000122bba70 x28: ffff8000119d6000 [ 2.156462] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: ffff800011edbce8 [ 2.161779] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff00003ae4f700 [ 2.167096] x23: ffff000010184c10 x22: ffff00003a3d6200 [ 2.172412] x21: ffff800011a464a8 x20: ffff000010126a68 [ 2.177729] x19: ffff00003ae5c800 x18: 000000000000000e [ 2.183046] x17: 0000000000000001 x16: 0000000000000019 [ 2.188362] x15: 0000000000000004 x14: 000000000000004c [ 2.193679] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000001 [ 2.198996] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 00000000000009c0 [ 2.204313] x9 : ffff8000122bb7a0 x8 : ffff00003a3d6c20 [ 2.209630] x7 : ffff00003a3d6380 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 2.214946] x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : ffff00003a05eb18 [ 2.220263] x3 : 0000000000000005 x2 : ffff8000119f1c48 [ 2.225580] x1 : 2bcbda323bf5a800 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 2.230898] Call trace: [ 2.233345] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xa0/0xb0 [ 2.237879] sysfs_remove_file_ns+0x14/0x20 [ 2.242065] device_del+0x12c/0x348 [ 2.245555] device_unregister+0x14/0x30 [ 2.249492] spi_unregister_controller+0xac/0x120 [ 2.254201] devm_spi_unregister+0x10/0x18 [ 2.258304] release_nodes+0x1a8/0x220 [ 2.262055] devres_release_all+0x34/0x58 [ 2.266069] really_probe+0x1b8/0x318 [ 2.269733] driver_probe_device+0x54/0xe8 [ 2.273833] __device_attach_driver+0x80/0xb8 [ 2.278194] bus_for_each_drv+0x74/0xc0 [ 2.282034] __device_attach+0xdc/0x138 [ 2.285876] device_initial_probe+0x10/0x18 [ 2.290063] bus_probe_device+0x90/0x98 [ 2.293901] deferred_probe_work_func+0x64/0x98 [ 2.298442] process_one_work+0x198/0x320 [ 2.302451] worker_thread+0x1f0/0x420 [ 2.306208] kthread+0xf0/0x120 [ 2.309352] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 [ 2.312927] ---[ end trace 58abcdfae01bd3c7 ]--- So put this function at the end of the probe sequence. Signed-off-by: Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@xxxxxxx> --- Changes: V2: - redo the patch base on the new code. --- drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c index a4a42e85e132..b0a1bb62f10a 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c @@ -850,12 +850,6 @@ static int fsl_lpspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (!fsl_lpspi->is_slave) controller->use_gpio_descriptors = true; - ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, controller); - if (ret < 0) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "spi_register_controller error.\n"); - goto out_controller_put; - } - init_completion(&fsl_lpspi->xfer_done); res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0); @@ -913,6 +907,12 @@ static int fsl_lpspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (ret < 0) dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dma setup error %d, use pio\n", ret); + ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, controller); + if (ret < 0) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "spi_register_controller error.\n"); + goto out_pm_get; + } + pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(fsl_lpspi->dev); pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(fsl_lpspi->dev); -- 2.17.1