docs: net: dsa: document port_setup and port_teardown

These methods were added without being documented, fix that.

Fixes: fd292c189a97 ("net: dsa: tear down devlink port regions when tearing down the devlink port on error")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
index e16eb2e5e787..eade80ed226b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
@@ -620,6 +620,15 @@ Switch configuration
   may have previously configured. The method responsible for undoing any
   applicable allocations or operations done here is ``teardown``.
 
+- ``port_setup`` and ``port_teardown``: methods for initialization and
+  destruction of per-port data structures. It is mandatory for some operations
+  such as registering and unregistering devlink port regions to be done from
+  these methods, otherwise they are optional. A port will be torn down only if
+  it has been previously set up. It is possible for a port to be set up during
+  probing only to be torn down immediately afterwards, for example in case its
+  PHY cannot be found. In this case, probing of the DSA switch continues
+  without that particular port.
+
 PHY devices and link management
 -------------------------------