[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] pdump: fix vdev cleanup

[Pattan, Reshma]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 10:11 AM
> To: Pattan, Reshma <reshma.pattan at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; stable at dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] pdump: fix vdev cleanup
> 
> 15/01/2019 11:09, Pattan, Reshma:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
> > > 11/01/2019 18:51, Reshma Pattan:
> > > > Virtual devices added in pdump application using
> > > > rte_eal_hotplug_add should be removed explicitly while existing
> > > > the pdump application, otherwise the
> > >
> > > existing -> exiting ?
> > >
> > > > subsequent run of the pdump application will fail with the reason
> > > > that virtual devices with the same name already exists in primary.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 6362f362a2 ("app/pdump: use EAL hotplug instead of ethdev
> > > > attach")
> > > > CC: stable at dpdk.org
> > > > CC: ferruh.yigit at intel.com
> > >
> > > Why is it marked as a fix of this commit?
> > > Is it a miss in the conversion from ethdev attach calls?
> > > Or a changed behaviour with hotplug functions?
> >
> > It is changed behaviour with hotplug functions.
> 
> Please, could you explain?
> 

Attach calls were replaced with rte_eal_hotplug_remove() in pdump in the commit id given in Fixes line.

And after this change, the subsequent runs(other than 1st) of pdump application are failing with below error

1)Pdump application error:

EAL: Failed to hotplug add device
EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1
  Cause: vdev creation failed:create_mp_ring_vdev:706

2)And error on primary application side is below:
	testpmd> Ethernet device with name net_pcap_rx_0 already allocated
                EAL: Failed to hotplug add device on primary

So, the dev added in secondary should be removed during its exit by calling rte_eal_hotplug_remove ().

So,  that is the reason I chose the Fixes: commit as the one where rte_eal_hotplug_add() replaced the attach.

Earlier with attach calls though not detaching the devices upon application exit, these issues are not seen.

Thanks,
Reshma