Re: [RFC v3 5/9] kmsg: add function for adding and deleting additional buffers

Hi Marcin,

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url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Paul-Osmialowski/Additional-kmsg-devices/20151019-211509
reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
        make C=1 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

quoted

include/linux/rcupdate.h:915:9: sparse: context imbalance in 'kmsg_read' - unexpected unlock

vim +/kmsg_read +915 include/linux/rcupdate.h

f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  899   * that that preemption never happens within any RCU read-side critical
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  900   * section whose outermost rcu_read_unlock() is called with irqs disabled.
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  901   * This approach relies on the fact that rt_mutex_unlock() currently only
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  902   * acquires irq-disabled locks.
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  903   *
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  904   * The second of these two approaches is best in most situations,
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  905   * however, the first approach can also be useful, at least to those
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  906   * developers willing to keep abreast of the set of locks acquired by
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  907   * rt_mutex_unlock().
f27bc4873 Paul E. McKenney 2014-05-04  908   *
3d76c0829 Paul E. McKenney 2009-09-28  909   * See rcu_read_lock() for more information.
3d76c0829 Paul E. McKenney 2009-09-28  910   */
bc33f24bd Paul E. McKenney 2009-08-22  911  static inline void rcu_read_unlock(void)
bc33f24bd Paul E. McKenney 2009-08-22  912  {
f78f5b90c Paul E. McKenney 2015-06-18  913  	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(),
bde23c689 Heiko Carstens   2012-02-01  914  			 "rcu_read_unlock() used illegally while idle");
bc33f24bd Paul E. McKenney 2009-08-22 @915  	__release(RCU);
bc33f24bd Paul E. McKenney 2009-08-22  916  	__rcu_read_unlock();
d24209bb6 Paul E. McKenney 2015-01-21  917  	rcu_lock_release(&rcu_lock_map); /* Keep acq info for rls diags. */
bc33f24bd Paul E. McKenney 2009-08-22  918  }
^1da177e4 Linus Torvalds   2005-04-16  919  
^1da177e4 Linus Torvalds   2005-04-16  920  /**
ca5ecddfa Paul E. McKenney 2010-04-28  921   * rcu_read_lock_bh() - mark the beginning of an RCU-bh critical section
^1da177e4 Linus Torvalds   2005-04-16  922   *
^1da177e4 Linus Torvalds   2005-04-16  923   * This is equivalent of rcu_read_lock(), but to be used when updates

:::::: The code at line 915 was first introduced by commit
:::::: bc33f24bdca8b6e97376e3a182ab69e6cdefa989 rcu: Consolidate sparse and lockdep declarations in include/linux/rcupdate.h

:::::: TO: Paul E. McKenney [off-list ref]
:::::: CC: Ingo Molnar [off-list ref]

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