linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] idr: Document calling context for IDA APIs mustn't use locks

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Message-ID: <5d9663ce.1c69fb81.e941e.dccc@mx.google.com>
Date:   Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:10:37 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Tri Vo <trong@...roid.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] idr: Document calling context for IDA APIs mustn't use locks

Quoting Stephen Boyd (2019-07-30 14:20:47)
> The documentation for these functions indicates that callers don't need
> to hold a lock while calling them, but that documentation is only in one
> place under "IDA Usage". Let's state the same information on each IDA
> function so that it's clear what the calling context requires.
> Furthermore, let's document ida_simple_get() with the same information
> so that callers know how this API works.
> 
> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Tri Vo <trong@...roid.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
> ---

Ping? Can this be picked up, maybe into the doc tree?