netdev - Re: [patch net-next 4/4] net: devlink: enable parallel ops on netlink interface

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Date:   Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:44:59 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...dia.com,
        petrm@...dia.com, pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        mlxsw@...dia.com, saeedm@...dia.com, tariqt@...dia.com,
        leon@...nel.org, moshe@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 4/4] net: devlink: enable parallel ops on
 netlink interface

On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:10:38 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
> 
> As the devlink_mutex was removed and all devlink instances are protected
> individually by devlink->lock mutex, allow the netlink ops to run
> in parallel and therefore allow user to execute commands on multiple
> devlink instances simultaneously.

Could you update the "Locking" section of
Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
with the full info and recommendations?