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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZWeJ=aVR7F2_aLYe-P7ZWGJkSQrcfVUL9vBf8C1nxWfw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 09:23:06 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Asmaa Mnebhi <Asmaa@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] gpio: gpio-mlxbf2.c: Provide __releases()
 annotation to stop confusing Sparse

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:34 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:

> Sparse cannot peer into other functions to see when and if locks are
> acquired and released, thus it simply warns that a 'context imbalance'
> is detected instead.  Let's be kind to Sparse and let it know that
> this behaviour is intentional.
>
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf2.c:125:12: warning: context imbalance in 'mlxbf2_gpio_lock_acquire' - different lock contexts for basic block
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf2.c:151:13: warning: context imbalance in 'mlxbf2_gpio_lock_release' - unexpected unlock
>
> Cc: Asmaa Mnebhi <Asmaa@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

Patch applied!

Yours,
Linus Walleij

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