Virtual devices added in pdump application using rte_eal_hotplug_add should be removed explicitly while exiting the pdump application, otherwise the subsequent run of the pdump application will fail with the reason that virtual devices with the same name already exists in primary.
Fixes: 6362f362a2 ("app/pdump: use EAL hotplug instead of ethdev attach") CC: sta...@dpdk.org CC: ferruh.yi...@intel.com Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan <reshma.pat...@intel.com> --- v4: fix typo in commit message v3: fix author v2: fix typo in commit message --- --- app/pdump/main.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/app/pdump/main.c b/app/pdump/main.c index 9e86bf623..5e183ea90 100644 --- a/app/pdump/main.c +++ b/app/pdump/main.c @@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ cleanup_pdump_resources(void) { int i; struct pdump_tuples *pt; + char name[RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN]; /* disable pdump and free the pdump_tuple resources */ for (i = 0; i < num_tuples; i++) { @@ -510,6 +511,14 @@ cleanup_pdump_resources(void) free_ring_data(pt->rx_ring, pt->rx_vdev_id, &pt->stats); if (pt->dir & RTE_PDUMP_FLAG_TX) free_ring_data(pt->tx_ring, pt->tx_vdev_id, &pt->stats); + + /* Remove the vdev created */ + rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port(pt->rx_vdev_id, name); + rte_eal_hotplug_remove("vdev", name); + + rte_eth_dev_get_name_by_port(pt->tx_vdev_id, name); + rte_eal_hotplug_remove("vdev", name); + } cleanup_rings(); } -- 2.17.1