Re: [PATCH] [xfs] Add lock annotations to xfs_trans_update_ail and xfs_trans_delete_ail

On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 11:25:23AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> xfs_trans_update_ail and xfs_trans_delete_ail get called with the AIL lock
> held, and release it.  Add lock annotations to these two functions (abstracted
> like the AIL lock itself) so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing,
> and so that sparse will not complain about these functions since they
> intentionally use locks in this manner.

Thanks Josh, looks good - I'll get it merged.  I'd prefer to just
open code the use of __acquires/__releases for clarity, but I can
easily make that change before merging.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan
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