On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 2:50 PM Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote: > > Since DPDK 18.11, some drivers are migrating to a new behaviour, > releasing port resources on close. > The temporary flag RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE triggers this new mode > in the migrated drivers. > After 2 years, the flag and the old behaviour will be removed. > Last drivers not migrated will have to complete the switch. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index ea4cfa7a48..b5e8045d00 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ Deprecation Notices > - ``rte_eth_dev_stop`` > - ``rte_eth_dev_close`` > > +* ethdev: The temporary flag RTE_ETH_DEV_CLOSE_REMOVE will be removed in > 20.11. > + As a consequence, the new behaviour introduced in 18.11 will be effective > + for all drivers: generic port resources are freed on close operation. > + Private resources are expected to be released in the ``dev_close`` > callback. > + More details in http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/5248162.j6AOsuQRmx@thomas/ > + > * ethdev: New offload flags ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_FLOW_MARK`` will be added in > 19.11. > This will allow application to enable or disable PMDs from updating > ``rte_mbuf::hash::fdir``. > -- > 2.27.0 >
