ethdev: release port

This patch adds rte_eth_dev_release_port(). The function is used for
changing an attached status of the device that has specified name.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuya Mukawa <mukawa@igel.co.jp>

diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index b702039..a089557 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -255,6 +255,17 @@ rte_eth_dev_allocate(const char *name)
        return eth_dev;
 }
 
+int
+rte_eth_dev_release_port(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
+{
+       if (eth_dev == NULL)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       eth_dev->attached = 0;
+       nb_ports--;
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 rte_eth_dev_init(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv,
                 struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index 3859a22..e4964b7 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -1539,6 +1539,18 @@ extern uint8_t rte_eth_dev_count(void);
  */
 struct rte_eth_dev *rte_eth_dev_allocate(const char *name);
 
+/**
+ * Function for internal use by dummy drivers primarily, e.g. ring-based
+ * driver.
+ * Release the specified ethdev port.
+ *
+ * @param eth_dev
+ * The *eth_dev* pointer is the address of the *rte_eth_dev* structure.
+ * @return
+ *   - 0 on success, negative on error
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_release_port(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+
 struct eth_driver;
 /**
  * @internal