10/10/2018 20:01, Andrew Rybchenko:
> On 10.10.2018 19:43, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 10/10/2018 17:01, Andrew Rybchenko:
> >> On 10/10/18 11:39 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>> 10/10/2018 09:50, Andrew Rybchenko:
> >>>> On 10/10/18 10:44 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>>>> 10/10/2018 08:15, Andrew Rybchenko:
> >>>>>> On 10/10/18 1:17 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>>>>>> After closing a port, it cannot be restarted.
> >>>>>>> So there is no reason to not free all associated resources.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The last step was done with rte_eth_dev_detach() which is deprecated.
> >>>>>>> Instead of blindly removing the associated rte_device, the driver
> >>>>>>> should
> >>>>>>> check if no more port (ethdev, cryptodev, etc) is open for the device.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The last ethdev freeing (dev_private and final release), which were
> >>>>>>> done
> >>>>>>> by rte_eth_dev_detach(), are now done at the end of
> >>>>>>> rte_eth_dev_close().
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If the driver is trying to free the port again, the function
> >>>>>>> rte_eth_dev_release_port() will abort with -ENODEV error.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> >>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>> lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 6 ++++++
> >>>>>>> lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 3 +--
> >>>>>>> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> >>>>>>> b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> >>>>>>> index ed83e5954..3062dc711 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> >>>>>>> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> >>>>>>> @@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ rte_eth_dev_release_port(struct rte_eth_dev
> >>>>>>> *eth_dev)
> >>>>>>> {
> >>>>>>> if (eth_dev == NULL)
> >>>>>>> return -EINVAL;
> >>>>>>> + if (eth_dev->state == RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED)
> >>>>>>> + return -ENODEV;
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> rte_eth_dev_shared_data_prepare();
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> @@ -1441,6 +1443,10 @@ rte_eth_dev_close(uint16_t port_id)
> >>>>>>> dev->data->nb_tx_queues = 0;
> >>>>>>> rte_free(dev->data->tx_queues);
> >>>>>>> dev->data->tx_queues = NULL;
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> + rte_free(dev->data->dev_private);
> >>>>>> It is used by, for example, PCI device uninit functions.
> >>>>>> What does guarantee that uninit is done and we can free the private
> >>>>>> data.
> >>>>> The state of the port is set to UNUSED and the name is NULL.
> >>>>> So nobody should try to use it anymore.
> >>>>> There are already some checks before calling uninit functions.
> >>>>> For instance, in rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_remove(),
> >>>>> rte_eth_dev_allocated() will return NULL and won't call uninit function.
> >>>> The questions are:
> >>>> Is application allowed to call the function? When?
> >>>> Who calls uninit in this case? (What does guarantee that uninit is done
> >>>> before close)
> >>> So far, everything is allowed:
> >>> - The application can close a port and remove the rte_device later.
> >> If the patch is applied, close frees dev_private which is used by uninit.
> >> So, uninit must be done first. Who does it?
> >> (it looks like I'm missing something obvious, but still can't find it)
> > Yes, you missed my explanation above :)
> > Let me try again:
> >
> > rte_eth_dev_release_port() does 3 things:
> > - RTE_ETH_EVENT_DESTROY notification
> > - state = RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED
> > - memset data to 0
> >
> > Because of state == RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED and data->name == NULL,
> > you should not try to use data->dev_private.
> > Before calling uninit function, the dev is retrieved by name:
> >
> > ethdev = rte_eth_dev_allocated(ethdev->data->name);
> > if (!ethdev)
> > return -ENODEV;
> >
> > In our case, it will be -ENODEV, which is a good return when trying
> > to release a closed port.
>
> Yes, it replies on the question why dev_uninit is not called
> upon device removal after close. But it does not reply on
> the question what does call dev_uninit before/during dev_close.
Maybe I don't understand your question correctly.
dev_uninit is not called during dev_close.
However, as suggested by Ferruh, it would be cleaner to call dev_close
instead of dev_uninit which should do the same thing.
Currently, most of the PMDs expect both dev_close and dev_uninit to be
called in order to completely free a port.
The call tree to reach dev_uninit is:
[rte_eal_hotplug_remove]
rte_dev_remove
bus.unplug
driver.remove
for port not closed
dev_uninit
free rte_device resources
In a next step, I would suggest to drop dev_uninit,
and call dev_close instead.
