The rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_remove() will be called to detach an Ethernet
device when App calls rte_dev_remove() to detach a pci device. In addition,
the rte_eth_dev_close() can also detach an Ethernet device.
In secondary process, if App first calls rte_eth_dev_close() and then calls
rte_dev_remove(), because rte_eth_dev_close() doesn't clear "eth_dev->data"
, the address of the released Ethernet device can still be found by device
name. As a result, the Ethernet device will be released repeatedly in this
case. The state of the Ethernet device is equal to RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED after
calling rte_eth_dev_close(). Use this state to avoid this problem.

Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@huawei.com>
---
v1 -> v2:                                                                  
  * fix the commit log description.                                        
                                                                           
RFC -> v1:                                                                 
  * fix commit log and add a judgment for secondary process.
---
 lib/ethdev/ethdev_pci.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_pci.h b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_pci.h
index 8edca82ce8..af01cceddf 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/ethdev_pci.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/ethdev_pci.h

@@ -151,6 +151,21 @@ rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev,
 	if (!eth_dev)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * In secondary process, if applications first call rte_eth_dev_close()
+	 * and then call this interface, because rte_eth_dev_close() doesn't
+	 * clear eth_dev->data, the address of the released Ethernet device can
+	 * still be found by device name. As a result, the Ethernet device will
+	 * be released repeatedly in this case.
+	 * The state of the Ethernet device is equal to RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED after
+	 * calling rte_eth_dev_close(). Use this state to avoid this problem.
+	 */
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY &&
+	    eth_dev->state == RTE_ETH_DEV_UNUSED) {
+		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(INFO, "The ethdev port has been released.");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (dev_uninit) {
 		ret = dev_uninit(eth_dev);
 		if (ret)

-- 
2.33.0