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

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 06:57:59 +0000
Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com> wrote:

> 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)
> >   
> 

I have a version still testing