In the error handling case of nla_nest_start() failed read_unlock_bh() is called to unlock a lock that had not been taken yet. sparse warns about the context imbalance as the following:
net/tipc/monitor.c:799:23: warning: context imbalance in '__tipc_nl_add_monitor' - different lock contexts for basic block Fixes: cf6f7e1d5109 ('tipc: dump monitor attributes') Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyj...@gmail.com> --- net/tipc/monitor.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/tipc/monitor.c b/net/tipc/monitor.c index be70a57..b62caa1 100644 --- a/net/tipc/monitor.c +++ b/net/tipc/monitor.c @@ -794,10 +794,10 @@ int __tipc_nl_add_monitor(struct net *net, struct tipc_nl_msg *msg, return 0; attr_msg_full: + read_unlock_bh(&mon->lock); nla_nest_cancel(msg->skb, attrs); msg_full: genlmsg_cancel(msg->skb, hdr); - read_unlock_bh(&mon->lock); return -EMSGSIZE; }