upperiface bringup is best effort, so ignore errors.
$ifquery -c -a
..[snip]...
auto br0
iface br0
bridge-vlan-aware yes [pass]
bridge-ports vx-14 vx-11 vx-10 vx-13 vx-12 [pass]
$ifdown vx-10
$ifdown vx-11
before patch:
$ifup vx-10
..[snip]...
info: running upperifaces (parent interfaces) if available ..
info: br0: running ops ...
error: br0: bridge port vx-11 does not exist
....
After patch:
$ifup vx-10
..[snip]...
info: running upperifaces (parent interfaces) if available ..
info: br0: running ops ...
....