[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/af_xdp: remove resources when port is closed

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/30/2019 9:39 AM, Xiaolong Ye wrote:
> Since 18.11, it is suggested that driver should release all its private
> resources at the dev_close routine. So all resources previously released
> in remove routine are now released at the dev_close routine, and the
> dev_close routine will be called in driver remove routine in order to
> support removing a device without closing its ports.
> 
> Above behavior changes are supported by setting RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE
> flag during probe stage.
> 
> Also as af_xdp pmd doesn't allocate MAC addresses dynamically, it needs
> to be set as NULL, so it won't be released by rte_eth_dev_release_port(),
> otherwise, there would be "EAL: Error: Invalid memory" error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye at intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.