The call to rte_eth_dev_allocate(tap_name) sets dev->data->name to tap_name (e.g. "dtap0").
A look-up using tap_name is expected to return this device, not a look-up using name (e.g. "net_tap0"). Signed-off-by: Pascal Mazon <pascal.ma...@6wind.com> --- drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c index 47a706070652..14c345f07afa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c +++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c @@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ eth_dev_tap_create(const char *name, char *tap_name) dev->driver = NULL; dev->rx_pkt_burst = pmd_rx_burst; dev->tx_pkt_burst = pmd_tx_burst; - snprintf(dev->data->name, sizeof(dev->data->name), "%s", name); + snprintf(dev->data->name, sizeof(dev->data->name), "%s", tap_name); /* Presetup the fds to -1 as being not valid */ for (i = 0; i < RTE_PMD_TAP_MAX_QUEUES; i++) { -- 2.8.0.rc0