Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] app/testpmd: fix pmd_test_exit function for vdevs

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

21/05/2018 18:37, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 5/19/2018 3:19 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 18/05/2018 18:29, Ferruh Yigit:
> >> On 5/18/2018 4:55 PM, Matan Azrad wrote:
> >>> Hi all
> >>>
> >>> While this patch also applied I don't understand it.
> >>> Is it mandatory for each PMD to free all its resources in dev_close()?
> >>> Or it should be done by the rte_device remove function?
> >>>
> >>> If the resource cleanup should be done by the remove function I think it
> >>> should be called for all the devices (pci, vdev, etc).
> >>>
> >>> Is there an exit function for EAL to clean rte_eal_init()? If no, looks like we need it...
> >>
> >> Hi Matan,
> >>
> >> I believe there is a gap in resource cleanup.
> >> dev_close() it not for resource cleanup, it should be in PMD remove() functions,
> >> and PMDs have it. The problem is remove path is not called in application exit.
> >>
> >> As far as I know there is no simple API to clean the resources, having it may
> >> help application to do the cleanup.
> >>
> >> I have seen the rte_eal_cleanup() API by Harry, that can be extended to cover
> >> PMD resource cleanup if there is enough motivation for it.
> > 
> > Yes, EAL resources should be removed by the function rte_eal_cleanup().
> > And ethdev ports must be removed by rte_eth_dev_close().
> 
> There is probe() and remove() functions.
> There is dev_close devops, called by rte_eth_dev_close(), but there is no open()
> or equivalent.
> 
> For example an ethdev allocated its private data during probe(), if
> rte_eth_dev_close() free it, how can a new ethdev can be allocated?

I don't understand the question.
You say closing a port and opening a new one.
So we allocate private data in the new probe.