From: Josh Triplett jbd_sync_bh releases journal->j_list_lock. Add a lock annotation to this function so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about this function since it intentionally uses the lock in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/jbd/checkpoint.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN fs/jbd/checkpoint.c~jbd-add-lock-annotation-to-jbd_sync_bh fs/jbd/checkpoint.c --- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c~jbd-add-lock-annotation-to-jbd_sync_bh +++ a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ void __log_wait_for_space(journal_t *jou * jbd_unlock_bh_state(). */ static void jbd_sync_bh(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh) + __releases(journal->j_list_lock) { get_bh(bh); spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); _