netdev - [PATCH 4/4] netlink: Annotate RCU locking for seq

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:38:32 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] netlink: Annotate RCU locking for seq_file walker

Silences the following sparse warnings:
net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2926:21: warning: context imbalance in 'netlink_seq_start' - wrong count at exit
net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2972:13: warning: context imbalance in 'netlink_seq_stop' - unexpected unlock

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
---
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 2e152e5..c416725 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2921,6 +2921,7 @@ static struct sock *netlink_seq_socket_idx(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t pos)
 }
 
 static void *netlink_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
+	__acquires(RCU)
 {
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	return *pos ? netlink_seq_socket_idx(seq, *pos - 1) : SEQ_START_TOKEN;
@@ -2970,6 +2971,7 @@ static void *netlink_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 }
 
 static void netlink_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
+	__releases(RCU)
 {
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
-- 
1.9.3

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