Sparse reports a warning at unlazy_walk() warning: context imbalance in unlazy_walk() - 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 db6565c99825..d80e1ac8c211 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ static bool legitimize_root(struct nameidata *nd) * terminate_walk(). */ static int unlazy_walk(struct nameidata *nd) + __releases(RCU) { struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry; -- 2.24.1