[RFC PATCH 2/5] kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:1494 fix a sparse warning

From: Pranith Kumar
Date: Wed Jun 11 2014 - 16:40:53 EST


kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:1494:13: warning: context imbalance in 'rcu_initiate_boost' - unexpected unlock

by annotating the function with releases()

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index cbc2c45..0c955d9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@ static int rcu_boost_kthread(void *arg)
* about it going away.
*/
static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
+ __releases(rnp->lock)
{
struct task_struct *t;

@@ -1491,6 +1492,7 @@ static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */

static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
+ __releases(rnp->lock)
{
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
}
--
1.9.1

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