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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:02:13 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: [patch net-next] Documentation: devlink: fix the locking section

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

As all callbacks are converted now, fix the text reflecting that change.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
index e3a5f985673e..4b653d040627 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ new APIs prefixed by ``devl_*``. The older APIs handle all the locking
 in devlink core, but don't allow registration of most sub-objects once
 the main devlink object is itself registered. The newer ``devl_*`` APIs assume
 the devlink instance lock is already held. Drivers can take the instance
-lock by calling ``devl_lock()``. It is also held in most of the callbacks.
-Eventually all callbacks will be invoked under the devlink instance lock,
-refer to the use of the ``DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NO_LOCK`` flag in devlink core
-to find out which callbacks are not converted, yet.
+lock by calling ``devl_lock()``. It is also held all callbacks of devlink
+netlink commands.
 
 Drivers are encouraged to use the devlink instance lock for their own needs.
 
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