On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Jan Kara wrote:

On Tue 31-03-20 21:46:39, Jules Irenge wrote:
Sparse reports a warning at wait_entry_unlocked()

warning: context imbalance in wait_entry_unlocked()
        - unexpected unlock

The root cause is the missing annotation at wait_entry_unlocked()
Add the missing __releases(xa) annotation.

Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <[email protected]>
---
 fs/dax.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 1f1f0201cad1..adcd2a57fbad 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ static void *get_unlocked_entry(struct xa_state *xas, 
unsigned int order)
  * After we call xas_unlock_irq(), we cannot touch xas->xa.
  */
 static void wait_entry_unlocked(struct xa_state *xas, void *entry)
+       __releases(xa)

Thanks for the patch but is this a proper sparse annotation? I'd rather
expect something like __releases(xas->xa->xa_lock) here...

                                                                Honza

 {
        struct wait_exceptional_entry_queue ewait;
        wait_queue_head_t *wq;
--
2.24.1

--
Jan Kara <[email protected]>
SUSE Labs, CR

Thanks for the kind reply. I learned and changed. If there is a further issue, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thanks,
Jules
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