[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/2] net/af_xdp: remove resources when port is closed

Ye Xiaolong xiaolong.ye at intel.com
Tue Apr 30 04:06:36 CEST 2019


Hi, Ferruh

On 04/29, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>On 4/26/2019 6:09 AM, Xiaolong Ye wrote:
>> Since 18.11, it is suggested that driver should release all its private
>> resources at the dev_close routine. So all resources previously released
>> in remove routine are now released at the dev_close routine, and the
>> dev_close routine will be called in driver remove routine in order to
>> support removing a device without closing its ports.
>> 
>> Above behavior changes are supported by setting RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE
>> flag during probe stage.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye at intel.com>
>
><...>
>
>> @@ -936,14 +940,7 @@ rte_pmd_af_xdp_remove(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
>>  	if (eth_dev == NULL)
>>  		return -1;
>>  
>> -	internals = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
>> -
>> -	rte_ring_free(internals->umem->buf_ring);
>> -	rte_memzone_free(internals->umem->mz);
>> -	rte_free(internals->umem);
>> -
>> -	rte_eth_dev_release_port(eth_dev);
>
>I thinks we should keep 'rte_eth_dev_release_port()' in '.remove()' path,
>the 'RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE' flag will take care of this in
>'rte_eth_dev_close()' but still needed in  '.remove()' path.
>

remove() would call eth_dev_close which includes the rte_eth_dev_release_port().

Thanks,
Xiaolong

>> -
>> +	eth_dev_close(eth_dev);
>>  
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>> 
>


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