Roland Dreier wrote:
>  > +          ipoib_slave_detach(cpriv->dev);
>  >            unregister_netdev(cpriv->dev);
> 
> Maybe you already answered this before, but I'm still not clear why
> this notifier call can't just be added to the start of
> unregister_netdevice(), so we can avoid having driver needing to know
> anything about bonding internals?
> 
>  - R.

The action in bonding to a detach of slave is to unregister the master (see 
patch 10).
This can't be done from the context of unregister_netdevice itself (it is 
protected by rtnl_lock).

That's why I had to notify the detach before unregister begins.


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