diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index 915532e..1c4afea 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -2079,6 +2079,10 @@ rmv_uevent_callback(void *arg)
 	if (!in_hotplug_list(rte_eth_devices[port_id].device->name))
 		return;
 
+	/* do failure handler before stop and close the device */
+	rte_dev_failure_handler(rte_eth_devices[port_id].device,
+				rte_eth_devices[port_id].data->kdrv);
+
 	stop_packet_forwarding();
 
 	stop_port(port_id);
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
index 655b34b..d7165b9 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
@@ -97,6 +97,29 @@ rte_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	}
 }
 
+/* re-map pci device */
+int
+rte_pci_remap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	switch (dev->kdrv) {
+	case RTE_KDRV_NIC_UIO:
+		ret = pci_uio_remap_resource(dev);
+		break;
+	default:
+		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL,
+			"  Not managed by a supported kernel driver, skipped\n");
+		ret = 1;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void
 pci_uio_free_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev,
 		struct mapped_pci_resource *uio_res)
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
index abde641..a7dfec7 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
@@ -116,6 +116,38 @@ rte_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Map pci device */
+int
+rte_pci_remap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	switch (dev->kdrv) {
+	case RTE_KDRV_VFIO:
+#ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
+		/* no thing to do */
+#endif
+		break;
+	case RTE_KDRV_IGB_UIO:
+	case RTE_KDRV_UIO_GENERIC:
+		if (rte_eal_using_phys_addrs()) {
+			/* map resources for devices that use uio */
+			ret = pci_uio_remap_resource(dev);
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL,
+			"  Not managed by a supported kernel driver, skipped\n");
+		ret = 1;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void *
 pci_find_max_end_va(void)
 {
@@ -357,6 +389,7 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 		rte_pci_add_device(dev);
 	}
 
+	dev->device.state = RTE_DEV_PARSED;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
index 2a00f36..46921a4 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ pci_probe_all_drivers(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 		if (rc > 0)
 			/* positive value means driver doesn't support it */
 			continue;
+		dev->device.state = RTE_DEV_PARSED;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;
@@ -474,6 +475,25 @@ pci_find_device(const struct rte_device *start, rte_dev_cmp_t cmp,
 }
 
 static int
+pci_remap_device(struct rte_device *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *pdev;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pdev = RTE_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
+
+	/* remap resources for devices that use igb_uio */
+	ret = rte_pci_remap_device(pdev);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "failed to remap device %s",
+			dev->name);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
 pci_plug(struct rte_device *dev)
 {
 	return pci_probe_all_drivers(RTE_DEV_TO_PCI(dev));
@@ -503,6 +523,7 @@ struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus = {
 		.unplug = pci_unplug,
 		.parse = pci_parse,
 		.get_iommu_class = rte_pci_get_iommu_class,
+		.remap_device = pci_remap_device,
 	},
 	.device_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_pci_bus.device_list),
 	.driver_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_pci_bus.driver_list),
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c
index 54bc20b..3a0a2bb 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c
@@ -146,6 +146,47 @@ pci_uio_unmap(struct mapped_pci_resource *uio_res)
 	}
 }
 
+/* remap the PCI resource of a PCI device in private virtual memory */
+int
+pci_uio_remap_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+{
+	int i;
+	uint64_t phaddr;
+	void *map_address;
+
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	close(dev->intr_handle.fd);
+	if (dev->intr_handle.uio_cfg_fd >= 0) {
+		close(dev->intr_handle.uio_cfg_fd);
+		dev->intr_handle.uio_cfg_fd = -1;
+	}
+
+	dev->intr_handle.fd = -1;
+	dev->intr_handle.type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_UNKNOWN;
+
+	/* Map all BARs */
+	for (i = 0; i != PCI_MAX_RESOURCE; i++) {
+		/* skip empty BAR */
+		phaddr = dev->mem_resource[i].phys_addr;
+		if (phaddr == 0)
+			continue;
+		pci_unmap_resource(dev->mem_resource[i].addr,
+				(size_t)dev->mem_resource[i].len);
+		map_address = pci_map_resource(
+				dev->mem_resource[i].addr, -1, 0,
+				(size_t)dev->mem_resource[i].len,
+				MAP_ANONYMOUS);
+		if (map_address == MAP_FAILED)
+			return -1;
+		memset(map_address, 0xFF, (size_t)dev->mem_resource[i].len);
+		dev->mem_resource[i].addr = map_address;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct mapped_pci_resource *
 pci_uio_find_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
index 88fa587..7a862ef 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
@@ -173,6 +173,18 @@ void pci_uio_free_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev,
 		struct mapped_pci_resource *uio_res);
 
 /**
+ * remap the pci uio resource..
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Point to the struct rte pci device.
+ * @return
+ *   - On success, zero.
+ *   - On failure, a negative value.
+ */
+int
+pci_uio_remap_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
+
+/**
  * Map device memory to uio resource
  *
  * This function is private to EAL.
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h b/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h
index 357afb9..6f9cd8b 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ int rte_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
 void rte_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
 
 /**
+ * Remap this device
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   A pointer to a rte_pci_device structure describing the device
+ *   to use
+ */
+int rte_pci_remap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
+
+/**
  * Dump the content of the PCI bus.
  *
  * @param f
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
index e4bc724..efc348b 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ vdev_find_device(const struct rte_device *start, rte_dev_cmp_t cmp,
 }
 
 static int
+vdev_remap_device(struct rte_device *dev)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(dev);
+	return 0;
+}
+static int
 vdev_plug(struct rte_device *dev)
 {
 	return vdev_probe_all_drivers(RTE_DEV_TO_VDEV(dev));
@@ -418,6 +424,7 @@ static struct rte_bus rte_vdev_bus = {
 	.plug = vdev_plug,
 	.unplug = vdev_unplug,
 	.parse = vdev_parse,
+	.remap_device = vdev_remap_device,
 };
 
 RTE_REGISTER_BUS(vdev, rte_vdev_bus);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_dev.c
index 3b7bbf2..a076ec7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_dev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_dev.c
@@ -31,3 +31,11 @@ rte_dev_event_monitor_stop(void)
 	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Not support event monitor for FreeBSD\n");
 	return -1;
 }
+
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_dev_failure_handler(struct rte_device *dev,
+					enum rte_kernel_driver kdrv_type)
+{
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Not support device failure handler for FreeBSD\n");
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
index 3e022d5..5510bbe 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ rte_bus_register(struct rte_bus *bus)
 	RTE_VERIFY(bus->find_device);
 	/* Buses supporting driver plug also require unplug. */
 	RTE_VERIFY(!bus->plug || bus->unplug);
+	RTE_VERIFY(bus->remap_device);
 
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&rte_bus_list, bus, next);
 	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Registered [%s] bus.\n", bus->name);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_bus.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_bus.h
index 6fb0834..1f3c09b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_bus.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_bus.h
@@ -168,6 +168,20 @@ typedef int (*rte_bus_unplug_t)(struct rte_device *dev);
 typedef int (*rte_bus_parse_t)(const char *name, void *addr);
 
 /**
+ * Implementation specific remap function which is responsible for remmaping
+ * devices on that bus from original share memory resource to a anonymous
+ * memory resource for the sake of device has been removal.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *	Device pointer that was returned by a previous call to find_device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *	0 on success.
+ *	!0 on error.
+ */
+typedef int (*rte_bus_remap_device_t)(struct rte_device *dev);
+
+/**
  * Bus scan policies
  */
 enum rte_bus_scan_mode {
@@ -209,6 +223,7 @@ struct rte_bus {
 	rte_bus_plug_t plug;         /**< Probe single device for drivers */
 	rte_bus_unplug_t unplug;     /**< Remove single device from driver */
 	rte_bus_parse_t parse;       /**< Parse a device name */
+	rte_bus_remap_device_t remap_device;       /**< remap a device */
 	struct rte_bus_conf conf;    /**< Bus configuration */
 	rte_bus_get_iommu_class_t get_iommu_class; /**< Get iommu class */
 };
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index 98ea12b..10a5fcf 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct rte_device {
 	const struct rte_driver *driver;/**< Associated driver */
 	int numa_node;                /**< NUMA node connection */
 	struct rte_devargs *devargs;  /**< Device user arguments */
+	enum rte_dev_state state;  /**< Device state */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -405,4 +406,21 @@ rte_dev_event_monitor_start(void);
  */
 int __rte_experimental
 rte_dev_event_monitor_stop(void);
+
+/**
+ * It can be used to do device failure handler to avoid
+ * system core dump when failure occur.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *  The prointer to device structure.
+ * @param kdrv_type
+ *  The specific kernel driver's type.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - On success, zero.
+ *  - On failure, a negative value.
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_dev_failure_handler(struct rte_device *dev,
+			     enum rte_kernel_driver kdrv_type);
 #endif /* _RTE_DEV_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
index 2b34e2c..fa63105 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
@@ -225,3 +225,37 @@ rte_dev_event_monitor_stop(void)
 	monitor_no_started = true;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_dev_failure_handler(struct rte_device *dev,
+					enum rte_kernel_driver kdrv_type)
+{
+	struct rte_bus *bus = rte_bus_find_by_device_name(dev->name);
+	int ret;
+
+	switch (kdrv_type) {
+	case RTE_KDRV_IGB_UIO:
+		if ((!dev) || dev->state == RTE_DEV_UNDEFINED)
+			return -1;
+		dev->state = RTE_DEV_FAULT;
+		/**
+		 * remap the resource to be fake
+		 * before user's removal processing
+		 */
+		ret = bus->remap_device(dev);
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Driver cannot remap the "
+				"device (%s)\n",
+				dev->name);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		break;
+	case RTE_KDRV_VFIO:
+		break;
+	case RTE_KDRV_UIO_GENERIC:
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c
index 4cae4dd..9c50876 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ igbuio_pci_release(struct uio_info *info, struct inode *inode)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* check if device has been remove before release */
+	if ((&dev->dev.kobj)->state_remove_uevent_sent == 1) {
+		pr_info("The device has been removed\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
 	/* disable interrupts */
 	igbuio_pci_disable_interrupts(udev);
 
