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-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)