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

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:26:33 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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

Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 09:44:59PM CEST, kuba@...nel.org wrote:
>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?

Will do.