[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] vfio: Added hot removal feature for vfio

Burakov, Anatoly anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Tue Aug 4 16:24:09 CEST 2015


Hi Harpal,

> This patch will add a new API i.e. pci_vfio_unmap_resource.
> It will basically cleanup all the vfio resources allocated for a device.
> cleanup includes :-
> 1) removing vfio_res from vfio_res_list
> 2) unmap mapped bars
> 3) close device fd
> 4) close group fd
> 5) free vfio_res

Do I understand it correctly that your code assumes that there is always a single PCI device per group? From what I understand, unless we're only using a single port from the NIC, this won't be the case. 

Also, extraneous comment symbols:

> +	// /* unmap BARs */

Best regards,
Anatoly


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