[PATCH v4 0/8] support reinit flow

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:58:03 -0400
Sinan Kaya <okaya at kernel.org> wrote:

> > 
> > As a compromise, can this restart be officially tagged as
> > unsupported.  
> 
> any pointers how to do this?
> 
> I have no idea how to mark something unsupported in code.
> If this is acceptable in cover letter, I'm happy to do that too.

Put some additional notes in the rte_eal.h like:

diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_eal.h
index 53c4a5519e61..348b340f006d 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_eal.h
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ int rte_eal_iopl_init(void);
  * as possible in the application's main() function.
  * It puts the WORKER lcores in the WAIT state.
  *
+ * @warning
+ * It maybe possisble to call it again after rte_eal_cleanup().
+ * But this usage is dependent on libraries and drivers support which
+ * may not work. Use at your own risk.
+ *
  * @param argc
  *   A non-negative value.  If it is greater than 0, the array members
  *   for argv[0] through argv[argc] (non-inclusive) shall contain pointers

Or maybe in the Shutdown and Cleanup section of:
 doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst