tree: git://git.cmpxchg.org/linux-mmotm.git master head: 89331b857195aa00660fb19f1383924e95f7709e commit: 57cfa5e82e8d30fd8532f606df1d77c1408cf97d [106/260] mm, oom: avoid printk() iteration under RCU config: mips-randconfig-s032-20200811 (attached as .config) compiler: mips64-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.2-168-g9554805c-dirty git checkout 57cfa5e82e8d30fd8532f606df1d77c1408cf97d # save the attached .config to linux build tree COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' ARCH=mips If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) mm/oom_kill.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/rculist.h, include/linux/sched/signal.h, include/linux/oom.h): include/linux/rcupdate.h:642:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'find_lock_task_mm' - wrong count at exit mm/oom_kill.c: note: in included file: include/linux/sched/mm.h:166:37: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression mm/oom_kill.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/wait.h, include/linux/pid.h, include/linux/sched.h, ...): include/linux/spinlock.h:378:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'oom_badness' - unexpected unlock mm/oom_kill.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/rculist.h, include/linux/sched/signal.h, include/linux/oom.h): include/linux/rcupdate.h:644:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in '__oom_kill_process' - unexpected unlock vim +/dump_tasks +378 include/linux/spinlock.h c2f21ce2e31286 Thomas Gleixner 2009-12-02 375 3490565b633c70 Denys Vlasenko 2015-07-13 376 static __always_inline void spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock) c2f21ce2e31286 Thomas Gleixner 2009-12-02 377 { c2f21ce2e31286 Thomas Gleixner 2009-12-02 @378 raw_spin_unlock(&lock->rlock); c2f21ce2e31286 Thomas Gleixner 2009-12-02 379 } c2f21ce2e31286 Thomas Gleixner 2009-12-02 380 :::::: The code at line 378 was first introduced by commit :::::: c2f21ce2e31286a0a32f8da0a7856e9ca1122ef3 locking: Implement new raw_spinlock :::::: TO: Thomas Gleixner <tglx(a)linutronix.de&gt; :::::: CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx(a)linutronix.de&gt; --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org