Thanks I am currently an intern with Outreachy program. I am happy to receive any comment or recommendation so as I can improve. Best Regards, Jules On Tue, 21 Jan 2020, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:35:15PM +0000, Jules Irenge wrote: > > This patch series adds missing annotations to functions that register warnings of context imbalance when built with Sparse tool. > > The adds fix these warnings and give insight on what the functions are actually doing. > > In the core kernel, > > > > 1. IRQ and RCU subsystems: exactly patch 1 and 3, __releases() annotations were added as these functions exit the critical section > > 2. RCU subsystem again, patch 2 and 4, __acquire() annotations were added as the functions allow entry to the critical section. > > 3. TIME subsystem, patch 5 where lock is held at entry and exit of the function, an __must_hold() annotation was added. > > Queued for review and testing, thank you! > > I edited the commit logs, so please check to make sure that I did not > mess something up. > > Thanx, Paul > > > Jules Irenge (5): > > irq: Add missing annotation for __irq_put_desc_unlock() > > rcu: Add missing annotation for exit_tasks_rcu_start() > > rcu: Add missing annotation for exit_tasks_rcu_finish() > > rcu: Add missing annotation for rcu_nocb_bypass_lock() > > time: Add missing annotation for __run_timer() > > > > kernel/irq/irqdesc.c | 1 + > > kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 1 + > > kernel/rcu/update.c | 4 ++-- > > kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 2 +- > > 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > -- > > 2.24.1 > > >
