Sparse reports a warning at lec_priv_walk() warning: context imbalance in lec_priv_walk() - unexpected unlock
The root cause is the missing annotation at lec_priv_walk() To fix this, __acquire() and __release() annotations are added in case conditions are not met. This only instruct Sparse to shutdown the warning Add the __acquire(&priv->lec_arp_lock) Add __release(&priv->lec_arp_lock) annotation Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.oct...@gmail.com> --- net/atm/lec.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/atm/lec.c b/net/atm/lec.c index 22415bc11878..6070acaa3d5c 100644 --- a/net/atm/lec.c +++ b/net/atm/lec.c @@ -886,12 +886,18 @@ static void *lec_priv_walk(struct lec_state *state, loff_t *l, if (!state->locked) { state->locked = priv; spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lec_arp_lock, state->flags); + } else { + /* annotation for sparse */ + __acquire(&priv->lec_arp_lock); } if (!lec_arp_walk(state, l, priv) && !lec_misc_walk(state, l, priv)) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lec_arp_lock, state->flags); state->locked = NULL; /* Partial state reset for the next time we get called */ state->arp_table = state->misc_table = 0; + } else { + /* annotation for sparse */ + __release(&priv->lec_arp_lock); } return state->locked; } -- 2.25.3