> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yang, Zhiyong > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 9:52 AM > To: Thomas Monjalon <[email protected]>; Yigit, Ferruh > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; Matan Azrad <[email protected]>; Iremonger, Bernard > <[email protected]>; Yao, Lei A <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; Bie, Tiwei <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; Van Haaren, Harry <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] app/testpmd: fix pmd_test_exit function for > vdevs > > Hi Thomas, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 3:49 AM > > To: Yigit, Ferruh <[email protected]> > > Cc: Yang, Zhiyong <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Matan Azrad > > <[email protected]>; Iremonger, Bernard > > <[email protected]>; Yao, Lei A <[email protected]>; > > [email protected]; Bie, Tiwei <[email protected]>; > > [email protected]; Van Haaren, Harry <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] app/testpmd: fix pmd_test_exit > > function for vdevs > > > > 22/05/2018 20:38, Ferruh Yigit: > > > On 5/22/2018 2:12 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > Any update to improve this workaround? > > > > > > > > 21/05/2018 18:38, Thomas Monjalon: > > > >> 21/05/2018 18:32, Ferruh Yigit: > > > >>> On 5/21/2018 11:54 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > >>>> 19/05/2018 16:19, Thomas Monjalon: > > > >>>>> 18/05/2018 18:29, Ferruh Yigit: > > > >>>>>> On 5/18/2018 4:55 PM, Matan Azrad wrote: > > > >>>>>>> Hi all > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> While this patch also applied I don't understand it. > > > >>>>>>> Is it mandatory for each PMD to free all its resources in > dev_close()? > > > >>>>>>> Or it should be done by the rte_device remove function? > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> If the resource cleanup should be done by the remove > > > >>>>>>> function I think it should be called for all the devices (pci, > > > >>>>>>> vdev, > etc). > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Is there an exit function for EAL to clean rte_eal_init()? > > > >>>>>>> If no, looks > > like we need it... > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Hi Matan, > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> I believe there is a gap in resource cleanup. > > > >>>>>> dev_close() it not for resource cleanup, it should be in PMD > > > >>>>>> remove() functions, and PMDs have it. The problem is remove > > > >>>>>> path is > > not called in application exit. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> As far as I know there is no simple API to clean the > > > >>>>>> resources, having it may help application to do the cleanup. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> I have seen the rte_eal_cleanup() API by Harry, that can be > > > >>>>>> extended to cover PMD resource cleanup if there is enough > > motivation for it. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Yes, EAL resources should be removed by the function > > rte_eal_cleanup(). > > > >>>>> And ethdev ports must be removed by rte_eth_dev_close(). > > > >>>> > > > >>>> This patch is relying on rte_eth_dev_detach() to remove the EAL > device. > > > >>>> It should be done in rte_eal_cleanup(). > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I am concerned that this patch is workarounding a miss in > > > >>>> rte_eal_cleanup, and takes a different action only for vdev. It > > > >>>> is a bad > > example. > > > >>> > > > >>> Indeed it does workaround, but it is needed to fix a defect in > > > >>> virtio-user. > > > >> > > > >> The defect is still in virtio-user after this patch. > > > >> To make this workaround acceptable, you need: > > > >> 1/ add the virtio-user known issue in release notes > > I don't think it is a bug for virtio-user. Just no proper implemented API can > free > the virtio-user resources allocated by probe method. > Socket file is just one example, other resources are freed in the remove > method. Testpmd was always missing the functionality. > > > > >> 2/ add a FIXME comment in testpmd code explaining the workaround > > > >> 3/ commit to work on rte_eal_cleanup() in 18.08
Do you mean to work on rte_eal_cleanup() for all drivers or for virtio user only? > > > > > > I have submitted following patch [1], can it cover 2/ for the v18.05-rc5? > > > > > > [1] > > > https://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/40350/ > > > > Yes, it covers item 2/. Thanks > > > > > > rte_eal_cleanup() is a proper API, which is needed to clean up resources. > > Thanks > Zhiyong
