[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: fix device state on close

Gaëtan Rivet gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com
Wed Aug 16 14:41:30 CEST 2017


Hello Shahaf,

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 02:43:08PM +0300, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Currently device state moves between ATTACHED when device was
> successfully probed to UNUSED when device is detached or released.
> 
> The device state following rte_eth_dev_close() operation is inconsist,
> The device is still in ATTACHED state, however it cannot be used
> in any way till it will be probed again.
> 
> Fixing it by changing the state to UNUSED.
> 

You are right that simply closing the device leaves it in a unusable
state.

However it seems to be by design.
Most drivers call `rte_eth_dev_release_port` when being removed, which
sets the state to RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED.

If I'm not mistaken, the API of rte_eth_dev_close is that the only
available action should then be to detach the driver. At least PCI and
vdev buses expects a `remove` callback from their driver, which can be
called by the user (previously using specific API like
`rte_eal_vdev_uninit` for example, now using `rte_eal_hotplug_remove` or
`rte_eth_dev_detach` from the ether layer).

So, it seems that this burden lies with the driver which should call the
proper API when removing their device.

Maybe Thomas will have a better insight about the scope of the
`rte_eth_dev_close` function. But IMO the API is respected.
After all, until the proper `dev_detach` function is called, the device
is still attached, even if closed.

If you disagree, there might possibly be an argument to make about
either adding finer-grained device states or streamlining the API. This
is however a discussion about API design and not about its implementation
anymore.

> Fixes: d52268a8b24b ("ethdev: expose device states")
> Cc: gaetan.rivet at 6wind.com
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> index 0597641ee..98d9e929c 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> @@ -992,6 +992,8 @@ rte_eth_dev_close(uint8_t port_id)
>  	dev->data->nb_tx_queues = 0;
>  	rte_free(dev->data->tx_queues);
>  	dev->data->tx_queues = NULL;
> +
> +	dev->state = RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED;
>  }
>  
>  int
> -- 
> 2.12.0
> 

-- 
Gaëtan Rivet
6WIND


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