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authorToshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@lab.ntt.co.jp>2014-08-05 15:57:15 +0900
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-08-05 16:37:10 -0700
commitfdb0a6626e8ef99fda8c30971c59ba51321dbab9 (patch)
tree4a827d19e6041620e0009c30454a4b1534b6134c /net
parent618896e6d00773d6d50e0b19f660af22fa26cd61 (diff)
downloadlinux-fdb0a6626e8ef99fda8c30971c59ba51321dbab9.tar.gz
bridge: Update outdated comment on promiscuous mode
Now bridge ports can be non-promiscuous, vlan_vid_add() is no longer an
unnecessary operation.

Signed-off-by: Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_vlan.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index 2b2774fe0703..febb0f87fa37 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -55,10 +55,8 @@ static int __vlan_add(struct net_port_vlans *v, u16 vid, u16 flags)
 
 	if (p) {
 		/* Add VLAN to the device filter if it is supported.
-		 * Stricly speaking, this is not necessary now, since
-		 * devices are made promiscuous by the bridge, but if
-		 * that ever changes this code will allow tagged
-		 * traffic to enter the bridge.
+		 * This ensures tagged traffic enters the bridge when
+		 * promiscuous mode is disabled by br_manage_promisc().
 		 */
 		err = vlan_vid_add(dev, br->vlan_proto, vid);
 		if (err)