kni: restrict bifurcated device support

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_21_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 4d8c594..fa2ce76 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ New Features
     operations.
   * Added multi-process support.
 
+* **Updated default KNI behavior on net devices control callbacks.**
+
+  Updated KNI net devices control callbacks to run with ``rtnl`` kernel lock
+  held by default. A newly added ``enable_bifurcated`` KNI kernel module
+  parameter can be used to run callbacks with ``rtnl`` lock released.
+
 * **Added HiSilicon DMA driver.**
 
   The HiSilicon DMA driver provides device drivers for the Kunpeng's DMA devices.