Documentation: Add lock ordering and nesting documentation

The kernel provides a variety of locking primitives. The nesting of these lock types and the implications of them on RT enabled kernels is nowhere documented. Add initial documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200321113242.026561244@linutronix.de

Documentation: Add lock ordering and nesting documentation
The kernel provides a variety of locking primitives. The nesting of these lock types and the implications of them on RT enabled kernels is nowhere documented. Add initial documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200321113242.026561244@linutronix.de
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Commit 919e9e63 authored Mar 21, 2020 by Thomas Gleixner Committed by Peter Zijlstra Mar 21, 2020
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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

+    locktypes
    lockdep-design
    lockstat
    locktorture

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