Hello ALSA devs, The patch 1da177e4c3f4: "Linux-2.6.12-rc2" from Apr 16, 2005, leads to the following static checker warning: sound/pci/emu10k1/voice.c:112 snd_emu10k1_voice_alloc() warn: called with lock held. '&emu->voice_lock' sound/pci/emu10k1/voice.c 101 int snd_emu10k1_voice_alloc(struct snd_emu10k1 *emu, int type, int number, 102 struct snd_emu10k1_voice **rvoice) 103 { 104 unsigned long flags; 105 int result; 106 107 if (snd_BUG_ON(!rvoice)) 108 return -EINVAL; 109 if (snd_BUG_ON(!number)) 110 return -EINVAL; 111 112 spin_lock_irqsave(&emu->voice_lock, flags); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This lock is already held in the caller. 113 for (;;) { 114 result = voice_alloc(emu, type, number, rvoice); 115 if (result == 0 || type == EMU10K1_SYNTH || type == EMU10K1_MIDI) 116 break; 117 118 /* free a voice from synth */ 119 if (emu->get_synth_voice) { The call tree is: snd_emux_note_on() takes the lock: spin_lock_irqsave(&emu->voice_lock, flags); calls vp = emu->ops.get_voice(emu, port); --> get_voice() --> snd_emu10k1_voice_alloc() regards, dan carpenter