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Commit d30362c0712eb567334b3b66de7c40d4372f2c6f

Authored by Amerigo Wang
Committed by David S. Miller
1 parent 2899656b49
Exists in smarc-l5.0.0_1.0.0-ga and in 5 other branches imx_3.10.17_1.0.1_ga, imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga

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: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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427 427 if (!p || p->br != br)
428 428 return -EINVAL;
429 429  
  430 + /* Since more than one interface can be attached to a bridge,
  431 + * there still maybe an alternate path for netconsole to use;
  432 + * therefore there is no reason for a NETDEV_RELEASE event.
  433 + */
430 434 del_nbp(p);
431 435  
432 436 spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);