[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 1/3] librte_ethdev: support device recovery event

[Thomas Monjalon]

22/01/2020 11:16, Kalesh A P:
> From: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>
> 
> Adding support for recovery event in rte_eth_event framework.
> FW error and FW reset conditions would be managed by PMD.
> In such cases, PMD would need recovery events to notify application
> about PMD has recovered from FW reset or FW error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur at broadcom.com>
> ---
> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
> @@ -3015,6 +3015,7 @@ enum rte_eth_event_type {
>  	RTE_ETH_EVENT_NEW,      /**< port is probed */
>  	RTE_ETH_EVENT_DESTROY,  /**< port is released */
>  	RTE_ETH_EVENT_IPSEC,    /**< IPsec offload related event */
> +	RTE_ETH_EVENT_RECOVERED, /**< port recovered from an error */

What the application is supposed to do when receiving such event?