linux-kernel - Re: [NFS] [PATCH] [nfsd] Add lock annotations to e_start and e

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:06:56 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Josh Triplett <josht@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net, Neil Brown <neilb@....unsw.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [NFS] [PATCH] [nfsd] Add lock annotations to e_start and e_stop

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 08:20:24AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> e_start acquires svc_export_cache.hash_lock, and e_stop releases it.  Add lock
> annotations to these two functions so that sparse can check callers for lock
> pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about these functions since they
> intentionally use locks in this manner.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...edesktop.org>

The Signed-off-by: line doesn't match the from line of this mail.  Is that
any problem or fine in general?

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