Add comment why it is safe to check the number of nested fields in MapperService.merge.

Author: jpountz

core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperService.java

@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ private synchronized DocumentMapper merge(DocumentMapper mapper, MergeReason rea
         fullPathObjectMappers = Collections.unmodifiableMap(fullPathObjectMappers);
 
         if (reason == MergeReason.MAPPING_UPDATE) {
+            // this check will only be performed on the master node when there is
+            // a call to the update mapping API. For all other cases like
+            // the master node restoring mappings from disk or data nodes
+            // deserializing cluster state that was sent by the master node,
+            // this check will be skipped.
             checkNestedFieldsLimit(fullPathObjectMappers);
         }