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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
index 976b2703df75..17774b1f7587 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -319,29 +319,20 @@ Remember the advice above: you can always use
:c:func:`spin_lock_irqsave()`, which is a superset of all other
spinlock primitives.
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| | IRQ Handler A | IRQ Handler B | Softirq A | Softirq B | Tasklet A | Tasklet B | Timer A | Timer B | User Context A | User Context B |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| IRQ Handler A | None | | | | | | | | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| IRQ Handler B | SLIS | None | | | | | | | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| Softirq A | SLI | SLI | SL | | | | | | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| Softirq B | SLI | SLI | SL | SL | | | | | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| Tasklet A | SLI | SLI | SL | SL | None | | | | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| Tasklet B | SLI | SLI | SL | SL | SL | None | | | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| Timer A | SLI | SLI | SL | SL | SL | SL | None | | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| Timer B | SLI | SLI | SL | SL | SL | SL | SL | None | | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| User Context A | SLI | SLI | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | None | |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
-| User Context B | SLI | SLI | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | SLBH | MLI | None |
-+------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+------------------+------------------+
+============== ============= ============= ========= ========= ========= ========= ======= ======= ============== ==============
+. IRQ Handler A IRQ Handler B Softirq A Softirq B Tasklet A Tasklet B Timer A Timer B User Context A User Context B
+============== ============= ============= ========= ========= ========= ========= ======= ======= ============== ==============
+IRQ Handler A None
+IRQ Handler B SLIS None
+Softirq A SLI SLI SL
+Softirq B SLI SLI SL SL
+Tasklet A SLI SLI SL SL None
+Tasklet B SLI SLI SL SL SL None
+Timer A SLI SLI SL SL SL SL None
+Timer B SLI SLI SL SL SL SL SL None
+User Context A SLI SLI SLBH SLBH SLBH SLBH SLBH SLBH None
+User Context B SLI SLI SLBH SLBH SLBH SLBH SLBH SLBH MLI None
+============== ============= ============= ========= ========= ========= ========= ======= ======= ============== ==============
Table: Table of Locking Requirements