Commit bb11cf9b authored Oct 13, 2023 by Jiri Pirko Committed by David S. Miller Oct 18, 2023

Documentation: devlink: add a note about RTNL lock into locking section



Add a note describing the locking order of taking RTNL lock with devlink
instance lock.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

parent b6f23b31

Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst

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		@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ netlink commands.

		Drivers are encouraged to use the devlink instance lock for their own needs.

		Drivers need to be cautious when taking devlink instance lock and
		taking RTNL lock at the same time. Devlink instance lock needs to be taken
		first, only after that RTNL lock could be taken.

		Nested instances
		----------------