static void __dev_close_many(struct list_head *head)
{
	struct net_device *dev;

	ASSERT_RTNL();
	might_sleep();

	list_for_each_entry(dev, head, close_list) {
		/* Temporarily disable netpoll until the interface is down */
		netpoll_poll_disable(dev);

		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_GOING_DOWN, dev);

		clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state);

		/* Synchronize to scheduled poll. We cannot touch poll list, it
		 * can be even on different cpu. So just clear netif_running().
		 *
		 * dev->stop() will invoke napi_disable() on all of it's
		 * napi_struct instances on this device.
		 */
		smp_mb__after_atomic(); /* Commit netif_running(). */
	}

	dev_deactivate_many(head);

	list_for_each_entry(dev, head, close_list) {
		const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;

		/*
		 *	Call the device specific close. This cannot fail.
		 *	Only if device is UP
		 *
		 *	We allow it to be called even after a DETACH hot-plug
		 *	event.
		 */
		if (ops->ndo_stop)
			ops->ndo_stop(dev);

		dev->flags &= ~IFF_UP;
		netpoll_poll_enable(dev);
	}
}

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