From: Benjamin Bara <benjamin.bara@xxxxxxxxxxx> A panic() calls preempt_disable_notrace() before calling emergency_restart(). If an i2c device is used for the restart, the xfer should not schedule out (to avoid warnings like): [ 12.667612] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:318 rcu_note_context_switch+0x33c/0x6b0 [ 12.676926] Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section! ... [ 12.742376] schedule_timeout from wait_for_completion_timeout+0x90/0x114 [ 12.749179] wait_for_completion_timeout from tegra_i2c_wait_completion+0x40/0x70 ... [ 12.994527] atomic_notifier_call_chain from machine_restart+0x34/0x58 [ 13.001050] machine_restart from panic+0x2a8/0x32c Therefore, not only check for disabled IRQs but also for preemptible. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.2+ Suggested-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Bara <benjamin.bara@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h index 1247e6e6e975..05b8b8dfa9bd 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int i2c_dev_irq_from_resources(const struct resource *resources, */ static inline bool i2c_in_atomic_xfer_mode(void) { - return system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING && irqs_disabled(); + return system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING && !preemptible(); } static inline int __i2c_lock_bus_helper(struct i2c_adapter *adap) -- 2.34.1