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Documentation: devlink: fix the locking section

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As all callbacks are converted now, fix the text reflecting that change.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220823070213.1008956-1-jiri@resnulli.us
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Jiri Pirko 2022-08-23 09:02:13 +02:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
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@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ new APIs prefixed by ``devl_*``. The older APIs handle all the locking
in devlink core, but don't allow registration of most sub-objects once
the main devlink object is itself registered. The newer ``devl_*`` APIs assume
the devlink instance lock is already held. Drivers can take the instance
lock by calling ``devl_lock()``. It is also held in most of the callbacks.
Eventually all callbacks will be invoked under the devlink instance lock,
refer to the use of the ``DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NO_LOCK`` flag in devlink core
to find out which callbacks are not converted, yet.
lock by calling ``devl_lock()``. It is also held all callbacks of devlink
netlink commands.
Drivers are encouraged to use the devlink instance lock for their own needs.