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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst index e3a5f985673e..4b653d040627 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst @@ -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. |