CHECK drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c:1271:39: warning: context imbalance in 'cpm_uart_console_write' - unexpected unlock Allthough 'nolock' is not expected to change, sparse find the following form suspicious: if (unlikely(nolock)) { local_irq_save(flags); } else { spin_lock_irqsave(&pinfo->port.lock, flags); } cpm_uart_early_write(pinfo, s, count, true); if (unlikely(nolock)) { local_irq_restore(flags); } else { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pinfo->port.lock, flags); } Rewrite it a more obvious form: if (unlikely(oops_in_progress)) { local_irq_save(flags); cpm_uart_early_write(pinfo, s, count, true); local_irq_restore(flags); } else { spin_lock_irqsave(&pinfo->port.lock, flags); cpm_uart_early_write(pinfo, s, count, true); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pinfo->port.lock, flags); } Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c index 66afa9bea6bf..71366a4cea22 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c @@ -1255,19 +1255,14 @@ static void cpm_uart_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, { struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo = &cpm_uart_ports[co->index]; unsigned long flags; - int nolock = oops_in_progress; - if (unlikely(nolock)) { + if (unlikely(oops_in_progress)) { local_irq_save(flags); - } else { - spin_lock_irqsave(&pinfo->port.lock, flags); - } - - cpm_uart_early_write(pinfo, s, count, true); - - if (unlikely(nolock)) { + cpm_uart_early_write(pinfo, s, count, true); local_irq_restore(flags); } else { + spin_lock_irqsave(&pinfo->port.lock, flags); + cpm_uart_early_write(pinfo, s, count, true); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pinfo->port.lock, flags); } } -- 2.41.0