Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 02:09:15PM +0100, tariqt@nvidia.com wrote:

From: Cosmin Ratiu <redacted>

Upcoming code will need to obtain a reference to locked nested-in
devlink instances. Add helpers to lock, obtain an already locked
reference and unlock/unref the nested-in instance.

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <redacted>