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_private, we can support this with minor change.
Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zh...@intel.com> --- drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c index 6b3c13e5c..a45a7b0dd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c @@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ pmd_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev) } /* TODO: request info from primary to set up Rx and Tx */ eth_dev->dev_ops = &pmd_ops; + eth_dev->device = &vdev->device; rte_eth_dev_probing_finish(eth_dev); return 0; } @@ -803,17 +804,29 @@ pmd_remove(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev) { struct rte_eth_dev *dev = NULL; struct pmd_internals *p; + const char *name; if (!vdev) return -EINVAL; - PMD_LOG(INFO, "Removing device \"%s\"", - rte_vdev_device_name(vdev)); + name = rte_vdev_device_name(vdev); + PMD_LOG(INFO, "Removing device \"%s\"", name); /* Find the ethdev entry */ - dev = rte_eth_dev_allocated(rte_vdev_device_name(vdev)); + dev = rte_eth_dev_allocated(name); if (dev == NULL) return -ENODEV; + + if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) { + /* detach device on local pprocess only */ + if (strlen(rte_vdev_device_args(vdev)) == 0) + return rte_eth_dev_release_port_private(dev); + /** + * else this is a private device for current process + * so continue with normal detach scenario + */ + } + p = dev->data->dev_private; /* Free device data structures*/ -- 2.13.6