From 9c495f7f183473eb787137fdec338452347e5726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:23:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] kni: add kni close function

KNI close function added.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c |  9 +++++++++
 lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
index 509ae527da..a0daa2358a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
+++ b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c
@@ -523,3 +523,12 @@ rte_kni_unregister_handlers(struct rte_kni *kni)
 	kni->ops.config_network_if = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
+void 
+rte_kni_close(void)
+{
+	if (kni_fd < 0)
+		return;
+
+	close(kni_fd);
+	kni_fd = -1;	
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
index af458ef1d4..a409f1fafd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
+++ b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
@@ -270,6 +270,16 @@ extern int rte_kni_register_handlers(struct rte_kni *kni,
  */
 extern int rte_kni_unregister_handlers(struct rte_kni *kni);
 
+/**
+ *  close KNI device.
+ * 
+ *  @param void
+ *
+ *  @return 
+ *   void
+ */
+extern void rte_kni_close(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
-- 
2.20.1