Subject: Re: [RFC 0/5] devlink: add an explicit locking API

From: Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 09:44:17 +0200

On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 01:04:03PM -0700, Edwin Peer wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 12:23 AM Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > The average driver author doesn't know locking well and won't be able to
> > use devlink reference counting correctly.
> 
> I think this problem largely only exists to the extent that locking
> and lifecycle requirements are poorly documented. :P

I'm talking about general locking concepts that are perfectly documented
and still people do crazy things with it. :)

> Regards,
> Edwin Peer