Re: [PATCH 2/7] fsnotify: Add missing annotation for fsnotify_finish_user_wait()

[Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Jan Kara wrote:

> On Tue 31-03-20 21:46:38, Jules Irenge wrote:
>> Sparse reports a warning at fsnotify_finish_user_wait()
>>
>> warning: context imbalance in fsnotify_finish_user_wait()
>> 	- wrong count at exit
>>
>> The root cause is the missing annotation at fsnotify_finish_user_wait()
>> Add the missing __acquires(&fsnotify_mark_srcu) annotation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com>
>
> OK, but then fsnotify_prepare_user_wait() needs __releases annotation as
> well if we're going to be serious about sparse warnings in this code?
>
> 								Honza
>
>> ---
>>  fs/notify/mark.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
>> index 1d96216dffd1..44fea637bb02 100644
>> --- a/fs/notify/mark.c
>> +++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
>> @@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ bool fsnotify_prepare_user_wait(struct fsnotify_iter_info *iter_info)
>>  }
>>
>>  void fsnotify_finish_user_wait(struct fsnotify_iter_info *iter_info)
>> +	__acquires(&fsnotify_mark_srcu)
>>  {
>>  	int type;
>>
>> --
>> 2.24.1
>>
> -- 
> Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
> SUSE Labs, CR
>

Thanks for the reply. I think adding an annotation at 
fsnotify_prepare_user_wait() will not theoretically remove the warning. 
That's the only reason why I skipped it .
Best regards,
Jules