linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] locking/refcount: add sparse annotations to dec-and-lock functions

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Date:   Mon, 6 Jan 2020 16:26:29 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>,
        linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locking/refcount: add sparse annotations to dec-and-lock
 functions

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 11:32:31AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:

> Is there a meaningful proposal anywhere for sparse to DTRT here?

These are what I found going through my Sent folder and Google'ing the
resulting subjects:

  https://markmail.org/message/4obybcgqscznnx63
  https://markmail.org/message/pp4ofksgactvgjbd?q=inverted_lock

> If
> not, it seems best to use what you've proposed until sparse reaches the
> point of being able to do this on its own.

Or just leave the silly sparse warning, they're easy to ignore.