netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Fix sparse warnings with different lock contexts for basic block

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Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:22:40 -0300
From:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:	Fugang Duan <b38611@...escale.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	sparse@...isli.org, Li Frank-B20596 <b20596@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Fix sparse warnings with different lock
 contexts for basic block

Hi Fugang,

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Fugang Duan <b38611@...escale.com> wrote:
> reproduce:
> make  ARCH=arm C=1 2>fec.txt drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.o
> cat fec.txt
>
> sparse warnings:
> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c:2916:12: warning: context imbalance
> in 'fec_set_features' - different lock contexts for basic block
>
> Christopher Li suggest to change as below:
>         if (need_lock) {
>                 lock();
>                 do_something_real();
>                 unlock();
>         } else {
>                 do_something_real();
>         }
>
> Reported-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <B38611@...escale.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>

It looks like Suggested-by is a more appropriate tag for Christopher.
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