[dpdk-dev] CALL to eth PMD maintainers: complete closing of port

[Matan Azrad]

Hi Thomas

vdev_netvsc has no close API - should I change something there?

> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Hi all,
> 
> Since DPDK 18.11, the behaviour of the close operation is changed if
> RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE is enabled in the driver:
> port is released (i.e. totally freed and data erased) on close.
> This new behaviour is enabled per driver for a migration period.
> 
> Looking at the code, you can see these comments:
> /* old behaviour: only free queue arrays */ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG, "Port
> closing is using an old behaviour.\n"
> 	"The driver %s should migrate to the new behaviour.\n",
> /* new behaviour: send event + reset state + free all data */
> 
> You can find an advice in the commit:
> 	https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2
> Fgit.dpdk.org%2Fdpdk%2Fcommit%2F%3Fid%3D23ea57a2a&data=02%7
> C01%7Cmatan%40mellanox.com%7C3fea370ec31f4d22be8708d6c3ecf74b%7
> Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7C0%7C0%7C636911819926371170&a
> mp;sdata=%2BHLHG6VK2gNLejSHRKLYtS4Qelqg%2FOD%2FUQbZwOIT9%2BA
> %3D&reserved=0
> "
> When enabling RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE,
> the PMD must free all its private resources for the port, in its dev_close
> function.
> It is advised to call the dev_close function in the remove function in order to
> support removing a device without closing its ports.
> "
> 
> It would be great to complete this migration for the next LTS version, which
> will be 19.11.
> It means the work should be ideally finished during the summer.
> 
> The migration to the new behaviour is done in 4 drivers:
> git grep -l RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE drivers | cut -d/ -f3
> 	ena
> 	enic
> 	mlx5
> 	vmxnet3
> 
> Following drivers should be migrated:
> ( find drivers/net -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | cut -d/ -f3 ; git grep -l
> RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE drivers | cut -d/ -f3 ) | sort | uniq -u
> 	af_packet
> 	af_xdp
> 	ark
> 	atlantic
> 	avp
> 	axgbe
> 	bnx2x
> 	bnxt
> 	bonding
> 	cxgbe
> 	dpaa
> 	dpaa2
> 	e1000
> 	enetc
> 	failsafe
> 	fm10k
> 	i40e
> 	iavf
> 	ice
> 	ifc
> 	ixgbe
> 	kni
> 	liquidio
> 	mlx4
> 	mvneta
> 	mvpp2
> 	netvsc
> 	nfb
> 	nfp
> 	null
> 	octeontx
> 	pcap
> 	qede
> 	ring
> 	sfc
> 	softnic
> 	szedata2
> 	tap
> 	thunderx
> 	vdev_netvsc
> 	vhost
> 	virtio
> 
> Please let's progress smoothly on this topic, thanks.
> 
> The concerned maintainers (Cc) can be found with the following command:
> devtools/get-maintainer.sh $(( find drivers/net -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -
> type d | cut -d/ -f-3 ; git grep -l RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE drivers ) |
> sort | uniq -u)
>