On Tue 08-01-19 16:35:42, kbuild test robot wrote:
[...]
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
>    include/linux/rcupdate.h:659:9: warning: context imbalance in 
> 'find_lock_task_mm' - wrong count at exit
>    include/linux/sched/mm.h:141:37: warning: dereference of noderef expression
>    mm/oom_kill.c:225:28: warning: context imbalance in 'oom_badness' - 
> unexpected unlock
>    mm/oom_kill.c:406:9: warning: context imbalance in 'dump_tasks' - 
> different lock contexts for basic block
> >> mm/oom_kill.c:918:17: warning: context imbalance in '__oom_kill_process' - 
> >> unexpected unlock

What exactly does this warning say? I do not see anything wrong about
the code. find_lock_task_mm returns a locked task when t != NULL and
mark_oom_victim doesn't do anything about the locking. Am I missing
something or the warning is just confused?

[...]
> 00508538 Michal Hocko          2019-01-07  915                t = 
> find_lock_task_mm(p);
> 00508538 Michal Hocko          2019-01-07  916                if (!t)
> 00508538 Michal Hocko          2019-01-07  917                        
> continue;
> 00508538 Michal Hocko          2019-01-07 @918                
> mark_oom_victim(t);
> 00508538 Michal Hocko          2019-01-07  919                task_unlock(t);
> 647f2bdf David Rientjes        2012-03-21  920        }

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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