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-rw-r--r--include/net/genetlink.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 2ea2c55bdc87..6c92415311ca 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ struct genl_info;
* undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
* @mcast_bind: a socket bound to the given multicast group (which
* is given as the offset into the groups array)
- * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group
+ * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group.
+ * Note that unbind() will not be called symmetrically if the
+ * generic netlink family is removed while there are still open
+ * sockets.
* @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
* @family_list: family list
* @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family (private)