Commit d30362c0 authored by Amerigo Wang's avatar Amerigo Wang Committed by David S. Miller

bridge: add some comments for NETDEV_RELEASE

Add comments on why we don't notify NETDEV_RELEASE.

Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarCong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 2899656b
...@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ int br_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev) ...@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ int br_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
if (!p || p->br != br) if (!p || p->br != br)
return -EINVAL; return -EINVAL;
/* Since more than one interface can be attached to a bridge,
* there still maybe an alternate path for netconsole to use;
* therefore there is no reason for a NETDEV_RELEASE event.
*/
del_nbp(p); del_nbp(p);
spin_lock_bh(&br->lock); spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
......
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