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pps: clients: gpio: fix interrupt handling order in remove path

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>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250527053355.37185-1-farbere@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

authored by

Eliav Farber and committed by
Greg Kroah-Hartman
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drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
··· 210 210 } 211 211 212 212 /* register IRQ interrupt handler */ 213 - ret = devm_request_irq(dev, data->irq, pps_gpio_irq_handler, 214 - get_irqf_trigger_flags(data), data->info.name, data); 213 + ret = request_irq(data->irq, pps_gpio_irq_handler, 214 + get_irqf_trigger_flags(data), data->info.name, data); 215 215 if (ret) { 216 216 pps_unregister_source(data->pps); 217 217 dev_err(dev, "failed to acquire IRQ %d\n", data->irq); ··· 228 228 { 229 229 struct pps_gpio_device_data *data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); 230 230 231 + free_irq(data->irq, data); 231 232 pps_unregister_source(data->pps); 232 233 timer_delete_sync(&data->echo_timer); 233 234 /* reset echo pin in any case */