The guard constructors were annotated with an empty __nonnull_args(), relying on __nonnull__() marking every pointer parameter as non-NULL. Sparse cannot parse the empty argument list. Both constructors take the lock pointer as their first parameter, so specify the index explicitly: __nonnull_args(1). Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aiJi0WcYE8FZt-jO@stanley.mountain/ Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@ilvokhin.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aiKpH3cLBEj3TF2Q@shell.ilvokhin.com