18/01/2018 17:35, Matan Azrad:
> rte_eth_dev_data structure is allocated per ethdev port and can be
> used to get a data of the port internally.
>
> rte_eth_dev_attach_secondary tries to find the port identifier using
> rte_eth_dev_data name field comparison and may get an identifier of
> invalid port in case of this port was released by the primary process
> because the port release API doesn't reset the port data.
>
> So, it will be better to reset the port data in release time instead of
> allocation time.
>
> Move the port data reset to the port release API.
>
> Fixes: d948f596fee2 ("ethdev: fix port data mismatched in multiple process
> model")
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
