From d30362c0712eb567334b3b66de7c40d4372f2c6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amerigo Wang Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:24:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] bridge: add some comments for NETDEV_RELEASE Add comments on why we don't notify NETDEV_RELEASE. Cc: David Miller Cc: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/bridge/br_if.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c index 171fd6b9bfe6..1c8fdc3558cd 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_if.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c @@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ int br_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev) if (!p || p->br != br) 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); spin_lock_bh(&br->lock); -- 2.30.2