linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/30] x86/xen: Add missing annotation for xen_pte

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Date:   Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:47:25 +0000
From:   Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     boqun.feng@...il.com, Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        x86@...nel.org (maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)),
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org (moderated list:XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE)
Subject: [PATCH 14/30] x86/xen: Add missing annotation for xen_pte_lock()

Sparse reports warning at xen_pte_lock()

warning: context imbalance in xen_pte_lock() - wrong count at exit

The root cause is the missing annotation at xen_pte_lock()
Add the missing __acquires(ptl) annotation

Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
index bbba8b17829a..352f0c80cfcf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ static int xen_pgd_walk(struct mm_struct *mm,
 /* If we're using split pte locks, then take the page's lock and
    return a pointer to it.  Otherwise return NULL. */
 static spinlock_t *xen_pte_lock(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm)
+	__acquires(ptl)
 {
 	spinlock_t *ptl = NULL;
 
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2.24.1