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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org>
Cc: Linux-Sparse <linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: False warning from Sparse
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:52:54 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <500B7916.6060804@lwfinger.net> (raw)

Hi,

I am getting the following false warning from sparse:

   CHECK   drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/dm_common.c
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/dm_common.c:1158:13: warning: context 
imbalance in 'rtl92c_dm_refresh_rate_adaptive_mask' - different lock contexts 
for basic block

The only code in that routine that does any locking is the following:

              /* Only the PCI card uses sta in the update rate table
               * callback routine */
              if (rtlhal->interface == INTF_PCI) {
                      rcu_read_lock();
                      sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);
              }
              rtlpriv->cfg->ops->update_rate_tbl(hw, sta,
                                   p_ra->ratr_state);

              p_ra->pre_ratr_state = p_ra->ratr_state;
              if (rtlhal->interface == INTF_PCI)
                      rcu_read_unlock();

Does the warning get output because the code cannot assume that 
rtlhal->interface is the same in both if statements? If that is the case, are 
there any compiler directives that would tell sparse of the situation?

Thanks,

Larry

             reply	other threads:[~2012-07-22  3:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-22  3:52 Larry Finger [this message]
2012-07-22  4:44 ` False warning from Sparse Josh Triplett

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