Re: [PATCH] pps: clients: gpio: fix interrupt handling order in remove path

[Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com>]

On 27/05/25 07:33, Eliav Farber wrote:
> The interrupt handler in pps_gpio_probe() is registered after calling
> pps_register_source() using devm_request_irq(). However, in the
> corresponding remove function, pps_unregister_source() is called before
> the IRQ is freed, since devm-managed resources are released after the
> remove function completes.
> 
> This creates a potential race condition where an interrupt may occur
> after the PPS source is unregistered but before the handler is removed,
> possibly leading to a kernel panic.
> 
> To prevent this, switch from devm-managed IRQ registration to manual
> management by using request_irq() and calling free_irq() explicitly in
> the remove path before unregistering the PPS source. This ensures the
> interrupt handler is safely removed before deactivating the PPS source.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eliav Farber <farbere@amazon.com>
> ---
>   drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c | 5 +++--
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
> index 374ceefd6f2a..2866636b0554 100644
> --- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
> @@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ static int pps_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	}
>   
>   	/* register IRQ interrupt handler */
> -	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, data->irq, pps_gpio_irq_handler,
> -			get_irqf_trigger_flags(data), data->info.name, data);
> +	ret = request_irq(data->irq, pps_gpio_irq_handler,
> +			  get_irqf_trigger_flags(data), data->info.name, data);
>   	if (ret) {
>   		pps_unregister_source(data->pps);
>   		dev_err(dev, "failed to acquire IRQ %d\n", data->irq);
> @@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ static void pps_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   {
>   	struct pps_gpio_device_data *data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>   
> +	free_irq(data->irq, data);

Why not just use devm_free_irq()?

>   	pps_unregister_source(data->pps);
>   	timer_delete_sync(&data->echo_timer);
>   	/* reset echo pin in any case */

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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