Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples/kni: add dev close step when kni free

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 9/14/2021 7:02 AM, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
> From: Huisong Li <lihuisong@huawei.com>
> 
> This patch adds dev_close() step to release network adapter resources
> when kni free.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humin29@huawei.com>
> ---
>  examples/kni/main.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/examples/kni/main.c b/examples/kni/main.c
> index beabb3c848..2a993a0ca4 100644
> --- a/examples/kni/main.c
> +++ b/examples/kni/main.c
> @@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ kni_free_kni(uint16_t port_id)
>  	if (ret != 0)
>  		RTE_LOG(ERR, APP, "Failed to stop port %d: %s\n",
>  			port_id, rte_strerror(-ret));
> +	rte_eth_dev_close(port_id);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 

Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

Closing the port not directly related to the 'kni free', just both done before
exiting the app, so I would update the patch title to something like:
examples/kni: close port before exit