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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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