Sven Eckelmann wrote: > Hi, > > I use sparse (cgcc) with different kernel versions to do some quick checks > on the batman-adv kernel module. I noticed that my change from UP to SMP > kernel generated some 'weird' warnings regarding a 'context imbalance' > which I couldn't find, but went away when switching from spin_(un)lock to > spin_(un)lock_bh - something which doesn't make sense in my mind. > > I am not quite sure if this is linux-headers or sparse related - so I try > to post it here first. I choose 2.6.32 because it is the latest long > stable kernel and will be used in by Debian Squeeze. I looked a little more at the problem and it is not a real sparse problem. The problem came with bb7bed082500179519c7caf0678ba3bed9752658 and and was corrected with b97c4bc16734a2e597dac7f91ee9eb78f4aeef9a. So patching 2.6.32 and v2.6.33 by reverting bb7bed082500179519c7caf0678ba3bed9752658 is enough for me. Best regards, Sven
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