Stanislav Fomichev 538d89fd91 net: document NETDEV_UNREGISTER unlocked rationale ...

The lock-state table marks UNREGISTER as unlocked without saying
why. Add a short note that many handlers release the lowers via
dev_close().

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260702224150.3730033-7-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

2026-07-07 15:31:37 +02:00

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ABI

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core-api

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crypto

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devicetree

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doc-guide

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driver-api

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features

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filesystems

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firmware-guide

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gpu

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hid

Docs: hid: intel-ish-hid: make long URL usable

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hwmon

docs: hwmon: ltc4283: fix malformed table docs build error

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iio

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input

Input: userio - allow setting other id values

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kbuild

kconfig: add optional warnings for changed input values

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kernel-hacking

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leds

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locking

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maintainer

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misc-devices

misc: Remove old APDS990x driver

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mm

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netlink

devlink: Allow parent dev for rate-set and rate-new

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networking

net: document NETDEV_UNREGISTER unlocked rationale

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nvdimm

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PCI

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process

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RCU

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rust

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scheduler

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scsi

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security

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sound

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sphinx

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spi

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staging

docs: staging: fix various typos and grammar issues

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sunrpc/xdr

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tools

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trace

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translations

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userspace-api

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virt

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watchdog

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wmi

modpost: Handle malformed WMI GUID strings

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.renames.txt

Revert "drivers: net: 3com: 3c509: Remove this driver"

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atomic_t.txt

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conf.py

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Kconfig

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memory-barriers.txt

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SubmittingPatches

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subsystem-apis.rst

net: remove ISDN subsystem and Bluetooth CMTP

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