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>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

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);