Sparse reports a warning at compact_lock_irqsave() warning: context imbalance in compact_lock_irqsave() - wrong count at exit The root cause is the missing annotation at compact_lock_irqsave() Add the missing __acquires(lock) annotation. Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index 672d3c78c6ab..81190fe22200 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ static bool test_and_set_skip(struct compact_control *cc, struct page *page, */ static bool compact_lock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long *flags, struct compact_control *cc) + __acquires(lock) { /* Track if the lock is contended in async mode */ if (cc->mode == MIGRATE_ASYNC && !cc->contended) { -- 2.24.1