linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix sparse warnings in backing-dev.h

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Message-ID: <ZJXYK6x+Jir53QaY@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:36:43 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix sparse warnings in backing-dev.h

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 06:07:37PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> Sparse reports a context imbalance, and indeed _begin() returns
> with the RCU lock held and _end() releases it.  Reassure sparse that
> this is fine by adding appropriate annotations.

Please ignore; I failed to drive my tools correctly.