linux-kernel - [PATCH] exit: add lock context annotation on find_new

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Message-Id: <1283862926-17406-1-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue,  7 Sep 2010 21:35:26 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] exit: add lock context annotation on find_new_reaper()

find_new_reaper() releases and regrabs tasklist_lock but was missing
proper annotations. Add it. This remove following sparse warning:

 warning: context imbalance in 'find_new_reaper' - unexpected unlock

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
---
 kernel/exit.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 0312022..d31385b 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct * tsk)
  * space.
  */
 static struct task_struct *find_new_reaper(struct task_struct *father)
+	__releases(&tasklist_lock)
+	__acquires(&tasklist_lock)
 {
 	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns = task_active_pid_ns(father);
 	struct task_struct *thread;
-- 
1.7.2.2

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