@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ static void *lec_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
}
static void lec_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
+ __releases(&state->locked->lec_arp_lock)
{
struct lec_state *state = seq->private;
@@ -947,7 +948,9 @@ static void lec_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&state->locked->lec_arp_lock,
state->flags);
dev_put(state->dev);
- }
+ } else
+ /* annotation for sparse */
+ __release(&state->locked->lec_arp_lock);
}
static void *lec_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
Sparse reports a warning at lec_seq_stop() warning: context imbalance in lec_seq_stop() - unexpected unlock The root cause is the missing annotation at lec_seq_stop() The __release() annotation inside lec_seq_stop() tells only Sparse to shutdown the warning Add the missing __releases(&state->locked->lec_arp_lock) Add __release(&state->locked->lec_arp_lock) annotation Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com> --- net/atm/lec.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)