+# call interface stop handler
+( type "stop_interface_$proto" ) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && eval "stop_interface_$proto '$cfg'"
+
+# make sure all locks are removed
+for lock in "/var/lock/dhcp-$iface" "/var/lock/ppp-$iface"; do
+ [ -f "$lock" ] && {
+ lock -u "$lock"
+ sleep 1
+ }
+done
+
+# kill active ppp daemon and other processes
+config_get ifname "$cfg" ifname
+pids="$(cat /var/run/${ifname}.pid /var/run/ppp-${cfg}.pid 2>/dev/null)"
+for pid in $pids; do
+ [ -d "/proc/$pid" ] && {
+ kill $pid
+ [ -d "/proc/$pid" ] && {
+ sleep 1
+ kill -9 $pid 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+ }
+ }
+done
+rm -f /var/run/${ifname}.pid /var/run/ppp-${cfg}.pid
+
+config_get ifname "$cfg" ifname
+config_get device "$cfg" ifname
+
+[ ."$device" != ."$ifname" ] || device=
+for dev in $ifname $device; do
+ ifconfig "$ifname" 0.0.0.0 down >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+done
+
+config_get iftype "$cfg" type
+[ "$iftype" = "bridge" ] && brctl delbr "$ifname" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null