Hi,
I am integrating my DPDK app (using DPDK version 22.11) with Netvsc PMD. I was testing the use case of VF removal with the DPDK app.
I registered for hotplug notification in the DPDK app and enabled DPDK logs. I see the APIs being invoked for VF removal from the logs below:

2024-07-25T17:28:13.317 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 hn_eth_rmv_event_callback(): Removing VF portid 0

2024-07-25T17:28:13.318 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL: Ignoring uevent 'remove@/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/device:07/VMBUS:01/80033a99-bc5e-43c7-aeea-e5773d4414d2/pcibc5e:00/bc5e:00:02.0/infiniband/mlx5_0'

2024-07-25T17:28:13.318 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 hn_nvs_set_datapath(): set datapath Synthetic

2024-07-25T17:28:13.318 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 hn_remove_delayed(): Start to remove port 0

2024-07-25T17:28:13.319 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_net: port 0 stopping device

2024-07-25T17:28:13.319 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_common: mlx5 list NIC_ingress_0_0_matcher_list entry 0x10c9e6300 removed.

2024-07-25T17:28:13.319 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_common: mlx5 list hrxq entry 0x10c942f00 removed.

2024-07-25T17:28:13.319 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_common: mlx5 list NIC_ingress_0_0_matcher_list entry 0x10c9e6a40 removed.

2024-07-25T17:28:13.319 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_common: mlx5 list mlx5_0_flow_table entry 0x17fdc9040 removed.

2024-07-25T17:28:13.319 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_net: port 0: 0 flows flushed before stopping

2024-07-25T17:28:13.320 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_net: port 0 Tx queue 0 freeing WRs

2024-07-25T17:28:13.321 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_net: port 0 Rx queue 0 freeing 8192 WRs

2024-07-25T17:28:13.321 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_net: port 0 closing device "mlx5_0"

2024-07-25T17:28:13.321 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_net: port 0: 0 flows flushed before stopping

2024-07-25T17:28:13.322 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_common: freeing B-tree 0x10cb88134 with table 0x10cb86bc0

2024-07-25T17:28:13.324 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_net: port 0 Tx queue 0 freeing WRs

2024-07-25T17:28:13.324 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_common: freeing B-tree 0x10ca2dfe8 with table 0x10ca2c980

2024-07-25T17:28:13.334 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL: request: eal_dev_mp_request

2024-07-25T17:28:13.334 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL: PCI device bc5e:00:02.0 on NUMA socket -1

2024-07-25T17:28:13.334 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL:   remove driver: 15b3:1016 mlx5_pci

2024-07-25T17:28:13.336 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 mlx5_common: freeing B-tree 0x1801d9dc0 with table 0x1801d7500

 

 

 

 

2024-07-25T17:28:13.828 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_dev_event_callback:295 HOTPLUG: event callback 1 device bc5e:00:02.0

2024-07-25T17:28:13.828 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 netvsc_hotadd_callback(): Device notification type=1 device_name=bc5e:00:02.0

2024-07-25T17:28:13.828 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 netvsc_hotadd_callback(): Device notification type=1 device_name=bc5e:00:02.0

2024-07-25T17:28:13.829 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL: receive uevent(name:(null), type:1, subsystem:0)

2024-07-25T17:28:13.829 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL: Ignoring uevent 'unbind@/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/device:07/VMBUS:01/80033a99-bc5e-43c7-aeea-e5773d4414d2'

2024-07-25T17:28:13.829 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL: Ignoring uevent 'remove@/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/device:07/VMBUS:01/80033a99-bc5e-43c7-aeea-e5773d4414d2'

2024-07-25T17:28:13.829 |13590| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 EAL: Ignoring uevent 'remove@/channels/41'

2024-07-25T17:28:13.829 |13597| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 hn_nvs_handle_vfassoc(): VF serial 3 remove from port 2

2024-07-25T17:28:13.829 |13597| MSG        [NET] dpdk_log_write:112 hn_vf_remove(): VF path not active.


However, I see the synthetic interface not being unbound from the uio_hv_generic driver.

Should it be done as part of hotplug notification by my DPDK app or should DPDK code already take care of it ?

Regards,

Nandini



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