netdev - [PATCH net 06/15] docs: net: dsa: document the teardown method

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Date:   Sat, 16 Jul 2022 21:53:35 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 06/15] docs: net: dsa: document the teardown method

A teardown method was added to dsa_switch_ops without being documented.
Do so now.

Fixes: 5e3f847a02aa ("net: dsa: Add teardown callback for drivers")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
---
 Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
index 83c1a02376c8..e16eb2e5e787 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ Switch configuration
   fully configured and ready to serve any kind of request. It is recommended
   to issue a software reset of the switch during this setup function in order to
   avoid relying on what a previous software agent such as a bootloader/firmware
-  may have previously configured.
+  may have previously configured. The method responsible for undoing any
+  applicable allocations or operations done here is ``teardown``.
 
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