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rust: locked_by: shorten doclink preview

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Increases readability by removing `super::` from the link preview
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Signed-off-by: Valentin Obst <kernel@valentinobst.de>
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240131-doc-fixes-v3-v3-12-0c8af94ed7de@valentinobst.de
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Valentin Obst 2024-01-31 21:23:34 +01:00 committed by Miguel Ojeda
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rust/kernel/sync/locked_by.rs
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@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, mem::size_of, ptr};
/// Allows access to some data to be serialised by a lock that does not wrap it.
///
/// In most cases, data protected by a lock is wrapped by the appropriate lock type, e.g.,
/// [`super::Mutex`] or [`super::SpinLock`]. [`LockedBy`] is meant for cases when this is not
/// possible. For example, if a container has a lock and some data in the contained elements needs
/// [`Mutex`] or [`SpinLock`]. [`LockedBy`] is meant for cases when this is not possible.
/// For example, if a container has a lock and some data in the contained elements needs
/// to be protected by the same lock.
///
/// [`LockedBy`] wraps the data in lieu of another locking primitive, and only allows access to it
/// when the caller shows evidence that the 'external' lock is locked. It panics if the evidence
/// refers to the wrong instance of the lock.
///
/// [`Mutex`]: super::Mutex
/// [`SpinLock`]: super::SpinLock
///
/// # Examples
///
/// The following is an example for illustrative purposes: `InnerDirectory::bytes_used` is an