The get_locked_pte() conditionally grabs 'ptl' in case of returning non-NULL. This leads sparse to complain about context imbalance. Rename and wrap it using __cond_lock() to make sparse happy. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mm.h | 10 +++++++++- mm/memory.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 74949fb..e48616d 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -1023,7 +1023,15 @@ extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *); int vma_wants_writenotify(struct vm_area_struct *vma); -extern pte_t *get_locked_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, spinlock_t **ptl); +extern pte_t *__get_locked_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, + spinlock_t **ptl); +static inline pte_t *get_locked_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, + spinlock_t **ptl) +{ + pte_t *ptep; + __cond_lock(*ptl, ptep = __get_locked_pte(mm, addr, ptl)); + return ptep; +} #ifdef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED static inline int __pud_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 0e18b4d..219b50a 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr) } #endif /* CONFIG_ELF_CORE */ -pte_t *get_locked_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, +pte_t *__get_locked_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, spinlock_t **ptl) { pgd_t * pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr); -- 1.7.2.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>