[PATCH] net/gve: free device resources in gve_dev_close

Jasper Tran O'Leary jtranoleary at google.com
Fri Jul 18 20:27:25 CEST 2025


Previously, upon a device close, the driver would only stop its queues,
whereas a device remove would cause the driver to free its resources.
However, expected behavior in DPDK is to have a device close free all of
its resources because ports are not reused.

This patch adds all device teardown functionality within the device
close function. It also flattens and refactors steps related to freeing
device resources such that gve_dev_close reads more linearly.

Fixes: 457967cd2b2d ("net/gve: support device initialization")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Jasper Tran O'Leary <jtranoleary at google.com>
Acked-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash at google.com>
---
 drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c |   2 -
 drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c      | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c
index 4b250a9..15a05da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/base/gve_adminq.c
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ void gve_adminq_release(struct gve_priv *priv)
 			msleep(GVE_ADMINQ_SLEEP_LEN);
 		}
 	}
-	gve_clear_device_rings_ok(priv);
-	gve_clear_device_resources_ok(priv);
 	gve_clear_admin_queue_ok(priv);
 }

diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
index ef1c543..56e1a47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ gve_start_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		}
 	}

+	gve_set_device_rings_ok(priv);
+
 	return 0;

 err_rx:
@@ -395,6 +397,8 @@ err_tx:
 		gve_stop_tx_queues(dev);
 	else
 		gve_stop_tx_queues_dqo(dev);
+
+	gve_clear_device_rings_ok(priv);
 	return ret;
 }

@@ -440,8 +444,11 @@ static int
 gve_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct gve_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	dev->data->dev_started = 0;
 	dev->data->dev_link.link_status = RTE_ETH_LINK_DOWN;

+	gve_clear_device_rings_ok(priv);
 	if (gve_is_gqi(priv)) {
 		gve_stop_tx_queues(dev);
 		gve_stop_rx_queues(dev);
@@ -450,27 +457,18 @@ gve_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		gve_stop_rx_queues_dqo(dev);
 	}

-	dev->data->dev_started = 0;
-
 	if (gve_is_gqi(dev->data->dev_private))
 		gve_free_stats_report(dev);

 	return 0;
 }

-static int
-gve_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+static void
+gve_free_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct gve_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-	int err = 0;
 	uint16_t i;

-	if (dev->data->dev_started) {
-		err = gve_dev_stop(dev);
-		if (err != 0)
-			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to stop dev.");
-	}
-
 	if (gve_is_gqi(priv)) {
 		for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++)
 			gve_tx_queue_release(dev, i);
@@ -484,8 +482,67 @@ gve_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++)
 			gve_rx_queue_release_dqo(dev, i);
 	}
+}
+
+static void
+gve_free_counter_array(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+	rte_memzone_free(priv->cnt_array_mz);
+	priv->cnt_array = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+gve_free_irq_db(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+	rte_memzone_free(priv->irq_dbs_mz);
+	priv->irq_dbs = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+gve_free_ptype_lut_dqo(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+	if (!gve_is_gqi(priv)) {
+		rte_free(priv->ptype_lut_dqo);
+		priv->ptype_lut_dqo = NULL;
+	}
+}

-	rte_free(priv->adminq);
+static void
+gve_teardown_device_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	/* Tell device its resources are being freed */
+	if (gve_get_device_resources_ok(priv)) {
+		err = gve_adminq_deconfigure_device_resources(priv);
+		if (err)
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Could not deconfigure device resources: err=%d", err);
+	}
+
+	gve_free_ptype_lut_dqo(priv);
+	gve_free_counter_array(priv);
+	gve_free_irq_db(priv);
+	gve_clear_device_resources_ok(priv);
+}
+
+static int
+gve_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct gve_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (dev->data->dev_started) {
+		err = gve_dev_stop(dev);
+		if (err != 0)
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to stop dev.");
+	}
+
+	gve_free_queues(dev);
+	gve_teardown_device_resources(priv);
+	gve_adminq_free(priv);

 	dev->data->mac_addrs = NULL;

@@ -1056,41 +1113,6 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops gve_eth_dev_ops_dqo = {
 	.reta_query           = gve_rss_reta_query,
 };

-static void
-gve_free_counter_array(struct gve_priv *priv)
-{
-	rte_memzone_free(priv->cnt_array_mz);
-	priv->cnt_array = NULL;
-}
-
-static void
-gve_free_irq_db(struct gve_priv *priv)
-{
-	rte_memzone_free(priv->irq_dbs_mz);
-	priv->irq_dbs = NULL;
-}
-
-static void
-gve_teardown_device_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	/* Tell device its resources are being freed */
-	if (gve_get_device_resources_ok(priv)) {
-		err = gve_adminq_deconfigure_device_resources(priv);
-		if (err)
-			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Could not deconfigure device resources: err=%d", err);
-	}
-
-	if (!gve_is_gqi(priv)) {
-		rte_free(priv->ptype_lut_dqo);
-		priv->ptype_lut_dqo = NULL;
-	}
-	gve_free_counter_array(priv);
-	gve_free_irq_db(priv);
-	gve_clear_device_resources_ok(priv);
-}
-
 static int
 pci_dev_msix_vec_count(struct rte_pci_device *pdev)
 {
@@ -1160,6 +1182,8 @@ gve_setup_device_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
 		}
 	}

+	gve_set_device_resources_ok(priv);
+
 	return 0;
 free_ptype_lut:
 	rte_free(priv->ptype_lut_dqo);
@@ -1252,13 +1276,6 @@ free_adminq:
 	return err;
 }

-static void
-gve_teardown_priv_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
-{
-	gve_teardown_device_resources(priv);
-	gve_adminq_free(priv);
-}
-
 static int
 gve_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 {
@@ -1328,18 +1345,6 @@ gve_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	return 0;
 }

-static int
-gve_dev_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
-{
-	struct gve_priv *priv = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
-
-	gve_teardown_priv_resources(priv);
-
-	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = NULL;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 gve_pci_probe(__rte_unused struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv,
 	      struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
@@ -1350,7 +1355,7 @@ gve_pci_probe(__rte_unused struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv,
 static int
 gve_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
-	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_remove(pci_dev, gve_dev_uninit);
+	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_remove(pci_dev, gve_dev_close);
 }

 static const struct rte_pci_id pci_id_gve_map[] = {
--
2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog



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