linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/14] devlink: Add helpers to lock nested-in instances

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Message-ID: <hj37vfeodmmjpfrfa6vnwm3rwp7an4fzt7bvi4fwyusjzgbtrm@fc6j4szuodq6>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:52:33 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>, 
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, 
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, 
	Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>, Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>, 
	Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>, Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/14] devlink: Add helpers to lock nested-in
 instances

Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 02:09:15PM +0100, tariqt@...dia.com wrote:
>From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>
>
>Upcoming code will need to obtain a reference to locked nested-in
>devlink instances. Add helpers to lock, obtain an already locked
>reference and unlock/unref the nested-in instance.
>
>Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>
>Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>
>Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>