Previously, detach port on secondary process will mess primary process and cause same device can't be attached again, by take advantage of rte_eth_release_port_local, we can support this with minor change.
Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zh...@intel.com> --- drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c index 5531fe9d9..56d3b6cc9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c +++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c @@ -1759,6 +1759,7 @@ rte_pmd_tap_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev) } /* TODO: request info from primary to set up Rx and Tx */ eth_dev->dev_ops = &ops; + eth_dev->device = &dev->device; rte_eth_dev_probing_finish(eth_dev); return 0; } @@ -1827,12 +1828,24 @@ rte_pmd_tap_remove(struct rte_vdev_device *dev) { struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL; struct pmd_internals *internals; + const char *name; int i; + name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev); /* find the ethdev entry */ - eth_dev = rte_eth_dev_allocated(rte_vdev_device_name(dev)); + eth_dev = rte_eth_dev_allocated(name); if (!eth_dev) - return 0; + return -ENODEV; + + if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) { + /* detach device on local pprocess only */ + if (strlen(rte_vdev_device_args(dev)) == 0) + return rte_eth_dev_release_port_local(eth_dev); + /** + * else this is a private device for current process + * so continue with normal detach scenario + */ + } internals = eth_dev->data->dev_private; -- 2.13.6