[V6,16/17] examples/pipelines: remove obsolete tap CLI command

diff --git a/examples/pipeline/cli.c b/examples/pipeline/cli.c
index d56a830fb7..75c32b9089 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/cli.c
+++ b/examples/pipeline/cli.c
@@ -466,32 +466,6 @@  cmd_ring(char **tokens,
 	}
 }
 
-static const char cmd_tap_help[] =
-"tap <tap_name>\n";
-
-static void
-cmd_tap(char **tokens,
-	uint32_t n_tokens,
-	char *out,
-	size_t out_size,
-	void *obj)
-{
-	struct tap *tap;
-	char *name;
-
-	if (n_tokens < 2) {
-		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_MISMATCH, tokens[0]);
-		return;
-	}
-	name = tokens[1];
-
-	tap = tap_create(obj, name);
-	if (tap == NULL) {
-		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_CMD_FAIL, tokens[0]);
-		return;
-	}
-}
-
 static const char cmd_pipeline_codegen_help[] =
 "pipeline codegen <spec_file> <code_file>\n";
 
@@ -2645,7 +2619,6 @@  cmd_help(char **tokens,
 			"List of commands:\n"
 			"\tmempool\n"
 			"\tethdev\n"
-			"\ttap\n"
 			"\tpipeline codegen\n"
 			"\tpipeline libbuild\n"
 			"\tpipeline build\n"
@@ -2690,11 +2663,6 @@  cmd_help(char **tokens,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(tokens[0], "tap") == 0) {
-		snprintf(out, out_size, "\n%s\n", cmd_tap_help);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if ((strcmp(tokens[0], "pipeline") == 0) &&
 		(n_tokens == 2) && (strcmp(tokens[1], "codegen") == 0)) {
 		snprintf(out, out_size, "\n%s\n", cmd_pipeline_codegen_help);
@@ -2950,11 +2918,6 @@  cli_process(char *in, char *out, size_t out_size, void *obj)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(tokens[0], "tap") == 0) {
-		cmd_tap(tokens, n_tokens, out, out_size, obj);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (strcmp(tokens[0], "pipeline") == 0) {
 		if ((n_tokens >= 3) &&
 			(strcmp(tokens[1], "codegen") == 0)) {
diff --git a/examples/pipeline/obj.c b/examples/pipeline/obj.c
index 950ab831fb..b7e2316eec 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/obj.c
+++ b/examples/pipeline/obj.c
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@  TAILQ_HEAD(link_list, link);
  */
 TAILQ_HEAD(ring_list, ring);
 
-/*
- * tap
- */
-TAILQ_HEAD(tap_list, tap);
-
 /*
  * obj
  */
@@ -47,7 +42,6 @@  struct obj {
 	struct mempool_list mempool_list;
 	struct link_list link_list;
 	struct ring_list ring_list;
-	struct tap_list tap_list;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -416,88 +410,6 @@  ring_find(struct obj *obj, const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * tap
- */
-#define TAP_DEV		"/dev/net/tun"
-
-struct tap *
-tap_find(struct obj *obj, const char *name)
-{
-	struct tap *tap;
-
-	if (!obj || !name)
-		return NULL;
-
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(tap, &obj->tap_list, node)
-		if (strcmp(tap->name, name) == 0)
-			return tap;
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-struct tap *
-tap_next(struct obj *obj, struct tap *tap)
-{
-	return (tap == NULL) ?
-		TAILQ_FIRST(&obj->tap_list) : TAILQ_NEXT(tap, node);
-}
-
-#ifndef RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX
-
-struct tap *
-tap_create(struct obj *obj __rte_unused, const char *name __rte_unused)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-#else
-
-struct tap *
-tap_create(struct obj *obj, const char *name)
-{
-	struct tap *tap;
-	struct ifreq ifr;
-	int fd, status;
-
-	/* Check input params */
-	if ((name == NULL) ||
-		tap_find(obj, name))
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* Resource create */
-	fd = open(TAP_DEV, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
-	ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI; /* No packet information */
-	strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
-
-	status = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		close(fd);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* Node allocation */
-	tap = calloc(1, sizeof(struct tap));
-	if (tap == NULL) {
-		close(fd);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	/* Node fill in */
-	strlcpy(tap->name, name, sizeof(tap->name));
-	tap->fd = fd;
-
-	/* Node add to list */
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&obj->tap_list, tap, node);
-
-	return tap;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 /*
  * obj
  */
@@ -513,7 +425,6 @@  obj_init(void)
 	TAILQ_INIT(&obj->mempool_list);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&obj->link_list);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&obj->ring_list);
-	TAILQ_INIT(&obj->tap_list);
 
 	return obj;
 }
diff --git a/examples/pipeline/obj.h b/examples/pipeline/obj.h
index af270a8e57..8ea1c414c2 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/obj.h
+++ b/examples/pipeline/obj.h
@@ -121,22 +121,4 @@  ring_create(struct obj *obj,
 struct ring *
 ring_find(struct obj *obj, const char *name);
 
-/*
- * tap
- */
-struct tap {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(tap) node;
-	char name[NAME_SIZE];
-	int fd;
-};
-
-struct tap *
-tap_find(struct obj *obj, const char *name);
-
-struct tap *
-tap_next(struct obj *obj, struct tap *tap);
-
-struct tap *
-tap_create(struct obj *obj, const char *name);
-
 #endif /* _INCLUDE_OBJ_H_ */