Sparse reports a warning at unlazy_child() warning: context imbalance in unlazy_child() - unexpected unlock The root cause is the missing annotation at unlazy_walk() Add the missing __releases(RCU) annotation Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index d80e1ac8c211..9af3e8e438a1 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ static int unlazy_walk(struct nameidata *nd) * terminate_walk(). */ static int unlazy_child(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned seq) + __releases(RCU) { BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)); -- 2.24.1