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Date:   Thu, 2 Apr 2020 16:06:38 +0000
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To:     Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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        Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@google.com>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
        "open list:PROC SYSCTL" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] sysctl: Add missing annotation for
 start_unregistering()
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 09:46:40PM +0100, Jules Irenge wrote:
> Sparse reports a warning at start_unregistering()
> 
> warning: context imbalance in start_unregistering()
> 	- unexpected unlock
> 
> The root cause is the missing annotation at start_unregistering()
> Add the missing __must_hold(&sysctl_lock) annotation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>

  Luis
> ---
>  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> index c75bb4632ed1..d1b5e2b35564 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> @@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static void proc_sys_prune_dcache(struct ctl_table_header *head)
>  
>  /* called under sysctl_lock, will reacquire if has to wait */
>  static void start_unregistering(struct ctl_table_header *p)
> +	__must_hold(&sysctl_lock)
>  {
>  	/*
>  	 * if p->used is 0, nobody will ever touch that entry again;
> -- 
> 2.24.1
>