Re: [RFC PATCH 5/5] kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c:185 fix a sparse warning

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Tue Jul 08 2014 - 18:35:21 EST


On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 02:47:52PM -0700, josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 04:39:43PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> > fix the following sparse warning
> >
> > kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c:185:1: warning: symbol 'boost_mutex' was not declared. Should it be static?
> >
> > by marking boost_mutex as a static mutex
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Please preserve the comment alignment (by deleting a tab). With that
> fixed:
> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Queued for 3.18.

But Pranith, next time Josh gives you a review comment, could you please
respond with the appropriate update?

Thanx, Paul

> > kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> > index 7fa34f8..1cd4b2d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> > @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static u64 notrace rcu_trace_clock_local(void)
> > #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TRACE */
> >
> > static unsigned long boost_starttime; /* jiffies of next boost test start. */
> > -DEFINE_MUTEX(boost_mutex); /* protect setting boost_starttime */
> > +static DEFINE_MUTEX(boost_mutex); /* protect setting boost_starttime */
> > /* and boost task create/destroy. */
> > static atomic_t barrier_cbs_count; /* Barrier callbacks registered. */
> > static bool barrier_phase; /* Test phase. */
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >
>

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