[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ethdev port freeing on close operation
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Tue Aug 4 11:20:14 CEST 2020
Since DPDK 18.11, some drivers are migrating to a new behaviour,
releasing port resources on close.
The temporary flag RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE triggers this new mode
in the migrated drivers.
After 2 years, the flag and the old behaviour will be removed.
Last drivers not migrated will have to complete the switch.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index ea4cfa7a48..b5e8045d00 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
- ``rte_eth_dev_stop``
- ``rte_eth_dev_close``
+* ethdev: The temporary flag RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE will be removed in 20.11.
+ As a consequence, the new behaviour introduced in 18.11 will be effective
+ for all drivers: generic port resources are freed on close operation.
+ Private resources are expected to be released in the ``dev_close`` callback.
+ More details in http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/5248162.j6AOsuQRmx@thomas/
+
* ethdev: New offload flags ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_FLOW_MARK`` will be added in 19.11.
This will allow application to enable or disable PMDs from updating
``rte_mbuf::hash::fdir``.
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