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Extend struct flow_block_offload with "unlocked_driver_cb" flag to allow registering and unregistering block hardware offload callbacks that do not require caller to hold rtnl lock. Extend tcf_block with additional lockeddevcnt counter that is incremented for each non-unlocked driver callback attached to device. This counter is necessary to conditionally obtain rtnl lock before calling hardware callbacks in following patches. Register mlx5 tc block offload callbacks as "unlocked". Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.