Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

[Keith Owens]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:41:40 -0800 (PST), 
Junfeng Yang <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The
>block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with
>either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. )
>
>It gave us 4 warnings in kernel/module.c. Because we are unaware of the
>contexts where these functions are called, we are not sure if these 4
>warnings are real errors or false positives. Please help us to verify them
>or show that they are false positives.

All false positives.  The big kernel lock is a special case, you are
allowed to sleep while holding that lock.  See release_kernel_lock()
and reacquire_kernel_lock() in sched().