Re: [PATCH 10/10] gpio: gpio-mlxbf2.c: Provide __releases() annotation to stop confusing Sparse

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:34 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <Asmaa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied!

Yours,
Linus Walleij