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[77.7.18.194]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-49549c96f19sm193053245e9.9.2026.07.18.23.36.33 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:36:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Karl Mehltretter To: Russell King , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , Clark Williams , Steven Rostedt , linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev, Toshiyuki Sato , Petr Mladek , John Ogness , Karl Mehltretter Subject: [PATCH 2/2] serial: amba-pl011: keep console clock enabled for atomic writes Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:35:02 +0200 Message-Id: <20260719063502.18852-3-kmehltretter@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154) In-Reply-To: <20260719063502.18852-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com> References: <20260719063502.18852-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit pl011_console_write_atomic() runs from nbcon atomic context, where sleeping is not allowed. It calls clk_enable(), which takes the common-clk enable_lock. Under PREEMPT_RT that is a sleeping lock: clk_enable_lock() first tries spin_trylock_irqsave(), but on contention falls back to spin_lock_irqsave(), so an atomic-context printk on an RT kernel with a clk-backed pl011 can trip: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at spinlock_rt.c:48 __might_resched from rt_spin_lock rt_spin_lock from clk_enable_lock clk_enable_lock from clk_enable clk_enable from pl011_console_write_atomic ... from vprintk_emit This was found and reproduced on 32-bit ARM with PREEMPT_RT. In addition, write_atomic() may be invoked from NMI context and is documented to avoid locking. Since clk_enable() acquires the common-clock enable_lock, removing it from the callback also avoids a potentially unsafe NMI lock acquisition. An nbcon atomic-capable console must be printable from any context, so the clock cannot be gated between writes. Enable the clock while the console is registered: use clk_prepare_enable() in pl011_console_setup(), release it via clk_disable_unprepare() in the console .exit() callback, and drop the per-write clk_enable()/clk_disable() pairs from write_atomic() and write_thread(). Keeping UARTCLK enabled may increase idle power on platforms where it would otherwise be gated between console writes. Fixes: 2eb2608618ce ("serial: amba-pl011: Implement nbcon console") Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5 Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter --- The PREEMPT_RT splat above was reproduced on 32-bit ARM (versatilepb, ARM926EJ-S / ARMv5TE), Linux 7.2.0-rc3 based, CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y CONFIG_HZ=1000, by driving an atomic-context printk; with this patch the clk_enable() -> rt_spin_lock() splat is gone. Tested on QEMU raspi (bcm2835, gateable CPRMAN UART clock) with the full series applied: recycling the console via /sys/class/tty/ttyAMA0/console keeps both prepare_count and enable_count balanced (2/2 across six cycles), and console output resumes after each re-registration. Suspend/resume was not exercised (no platform suspend under the QEMU model). drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c index 1aa43994a3cd..4facd1b350d5 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c @@ -2523,7 +2523,11 @@ static int pl011_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) /* Allow pins to be muxed in and configured */ pinctrl_pm_select_default_state(uap->port.dev); - ret = clk_prepare(uap->clk); + /* + * Keep the clock enabled while registered because write_atomic() may + * run in NMI context and must not acquire the clock framework lock. + */ + ret = clk_prepare_enable(uap->clk); if (ret) return ret; @@ -2556,7 +2560,7 @@ static int pl011_console_exit(struct console *co) { struct uart_amba_port *uap = amba_ports[co->index]; - clk_unprepare(uap->clk); + clk_disable_unprepare(uap->clk); return 0; } @@ -2630,8 +2634,6 @@ pl011_console_write_atomic(struct console *co, struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt if (!nbcon_enter_unsafe(wctxt)) return; - clk_enable(uap->clk); - if (!uap->vendor->always_enabled) { old_cr = pl011_read(uap, REG_CR); pl011_write((old_cr & ~UART011_CR_CTSEN) | (UART01x_CR_UARTEN | UART011_CR_TXE), @@ -2648,8 +2650,6 @@ pl011_console_write_atomic(struct console *co, struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt if (!uap->vendor->always_enabled) pl011_write(old_cr, uap, REG_CR); - clk_disable(uap->clk); - nbcon_exit_unsafe(wctxt); } @@ -2662,8 +2662,6 @@ pl011_console_write_thread(struct console *co, struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt if (!nbcon_enter_unsafe(wctxt)) return; - clk_enable(uap->clk); - if (!uap->vendor->always_enabled) { old_cr = pl011_read(uap, REG_CR); pl011_write((old_cr & ~UART011_CR_CTSEN) | (UART01x_CR_UARTEN | UART011_CR_TXE), @@ -2692,8 +2690,6 @@ pl011_console_write_thread(struct console *co, struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt if (!uap->vendor->always_enabled) pl011_write(old_cr, uap, REG_CR); - clk_disable(uap->clk); - nbcon_exit_unsafe(wctxt); } -- 2.53.0