Even though they are true, they cause sparse to complain because it doesn't see the __acquires(dev_base_lock) on dev_seq_start() because it is only added to the function in net/core/dev.c, not the header file. To keep track of the nesting correctly we should probably annotate those functions publically, but for now let's just remove the annotation I added to wext. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Umm, now with subject. net/wireless/wext.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) --- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/wext.c 2009-05-12 08:12:23.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/wext.c 2009-05-12 08:13:16.000000000 +0200 @@ -650,14 +650,12 @@ static int wireless_seq_show(struct seq_ } static void *wireless_dev_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos) - __acquires(dev_base_lock) { rtnl_lock(); return dev_seq_start(seq, pos); } static void wireless_dev_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) - __releases(dev_base_lock) { dev_seq_stop(seq, v); rtnl_unlock(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html