Re: [PATCH 4/7] bridge: call NETDEV_RELEASE notifier in br_del_if()

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On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:38:01 +0800
Cong Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When a bridge interface deletes its underlying ports, it should
> notify netconsole too, like what bonding interface does.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_if.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
> index e1144e1..d243914 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
> @@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ int br_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
>  	if (!p || p->br != br)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RELEASE, br->dev);
>  	del_nbp(p);
>  
>  	spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);

Since you can have multiple ports attached to the bridge, this
doesn't seem correct. Don't you want the netconsole to keep going
on the other ports of the bridge?

What exactly is the problem with having netconsole persist?


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