Re: [PATCH 10/10] gpio: gpio-mlxbf2.c: Provide __releases() annotation to stop confusing Sparse
From: Linus Walleij <hidden>
Date: 2020-07-08 07:23:21
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:34 PM Lee Jones [off-list ref] wrote:
Sparse cannot peer into other functions to see when and if locks are acquired and released, thus it simply warns that a 'context imbalance' is detected instead. Let's be kind to Sparse and let it know that this behaviour is intentional. drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf2.c:125:12: warning: context imbalance in 'mlxbf2_gpio_lock_acquire' - different lock contexts for basic block drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf2.c:151:13: warning: context imbalance in 'mlxbf2_gpio_lock_release' - unexpected unlock Cc: Asmaa Mnebhi <redacted> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <redacted>
Patch applied! Yours, Linus Walleij _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel