X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=deb_dpdk.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Flibrte_eal%2Fcommon%2Feal_common_vdev.c;h=7d6e54f44693fcec27ecf16b2431c3fa6dc56119;hp=0ff2377dd678407d849f769946c201c1cdb76064;hb=ce3d555e43e3795b5d9507fcfc76b7a0a92fd0d6;hpb=6b3e017e5d25f15da73f7700f7f2ac553ef1a2e9

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
index 0ff2377d..7d6e54f4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ rte_eal_vdev_uninit(const char *name)
 			return driver->remove(name);
 	}
 
+	/* Give new names precedence over aliases. */
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
+		if (driver->driver.alias &&
+		    !strncmp(driver->driver.alias, name,
+			    strlen(driver->driver.alias)))
+			return driver->remove(name);
+	}
+
 	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "no driver found for %s\n", name);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }