docs: net: document new locking reality
authorStanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 16:37:31 +0000 (08:37 -0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 20:59:45 +0000 (12:59 -0800)
commitcc34acd577f1a6ed805106bfcc9a262837dbd0da
treea04d58884fa88b474bce5da8a91bff82f50697a3
parent605ef7aec0605bd5506b31591de278d652bd0096
docs: net: document new locking reality

Also clarify ndo_get_stats (that read and write paths can run
concurrently) and mention only RCU.

Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305163732.2766420-14-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
include/linux/netdevice.h