diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index ed971b4..5849102 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -711,10 +711,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_rx_queue_start(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -741,10 +737,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_rx_queue_stop(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -771,10 +763,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_tx_queue_start(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t tx_queue_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -801,10 +789,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_tx_queue_stop(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t tx_queue_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -874,10 +858,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_configure(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t nb_rx_q, uint16_t nb_tx_q,
 	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
 	int diag;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	if (nb_rx_q > RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT) {
@@ -1059,10 +1039,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_start(uint8_t port_id)
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 	int diag;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -1096,10 +1072,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_stop(uint8_t port_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_RET();
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_RET(port_id);
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
 
@@ -1121,10 +1093,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_set_link_up(uint8_t port_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -1138,10 +1106,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_set_link_down(uint8_t port_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -1155,10 +1119,6 @@ rte_eth_dev_close(uint8_t port_id)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_RET();
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_RET(port_id);
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
 
@@ -1183,10 +1143,6 @@ rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -1266,10 +1222,6 @@ rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t tx_queue_id,
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
 
-	/* This function is only safe when called from the primary process
-	 * in a multi-process setup*/
-	RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(-E_RTE_SECONDARY);
-
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
@@ -2479,7 +2431,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_callback_register(uint8_t port_id,
 	/* create a new callback. */
 	if (user_cb == NULL)
 		user_cb = rte_zmalloc("INTR_USER_CALLBACK",
-		                      sizeof(struct rte_eth_dev_callback), 0);
+					sizeof(struct rte_eth_dev_callback), 0);
 	if (user_cb != NULL) {
 		user_cb->cb_fn = cb_fn;
 		user_cb->cb_arg = cb_arg;
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index bada8ad..30cb216 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ struct rte_eth_link {
 	uint16_t link_speed;      /**< ETH_LINK_SPEED_[10, 100, 1000, 10000] */
 	uint16_t link_duplex;     /**< ETH_LINK_[HALF_DUPLEX, FULL_DUPLEX] */
 	uint8_t  link_status : 1; /**< 1 -> link up, 0 -> link down */
-}__attribute__((aligned(8)));     /**< aligned for atomic64 read/write */
+} __attribute__((aligned(8)));     /**< aligned for atomic64 read/write */
 
 #define ETH_LINK_SPEED_AUTONEG  0       /**< Auto-negotiate link speed. */
 #define ETH_LINK_SPEED_10       10      /**< 10 megabits/second. */
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ struct rte_eth_conf {
 	struct rte_eth_rxmode rxmode; /**< Port RX configuration. */
 	struct rte_eth_txmode txmode; /**< Port TX configuration. */
 	uint32_t lpbk_mode; /**< Loopback operation mode. By default the value
-			         is 0, meaning the loopback mode is disabled.
+				is 0, meaning the loopback mode is disabled.
 				 Read the datasheet of given ethernet controller
 				 for details. The possible values of this field
 				 are defined in implementation of each driver. */
@@ -1591,10 +1591,10 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_data {
 	/**< Common rx buffer size handled by all queues */
 
 	uint64_t rx_mbuf_alloc_failed; /**< RX ring mbuf allocation failures. */
-	struct ether_addr* mac_addrs;/**< Device Ethernet Link address. */
+	struct ether_addr *mac_addrs;/**< Device Ethernet Link address. */
 	uint64_t mac_pool_sel[ETH_NUM_RECEIVE_MAC_ADDR];
 	/** bitmap array of associating Ethernet MAC addresses to pools */
-	struct ether_addr* hash_mac_addrs;
+	struct ether_addr *hash_mac_addrs;
 	/** Device Ethernet MAC addresses of hash filtering. */
 	uint8_t port_id;           /**< Device [external] port identifier. */
 	uint8_t promiscuous   : 1, /**< RX promiscuous mode ON(1) / OFF(0). */
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ extern int rte_eth_dev_set_mtu(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t mtu);
  *   - (-ENOSYS) if VLAN filtering on *port_id* disabled.
  *   - (-EINVAL) if *vlan_id* > 4095.
  */
-extern int rte_eth_dev_vlan_filter(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t vlan_id , int on);
+extern int rte_eth_dev_vlan_filter(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t vlan_id, int on);
 
 /**
  * Enable/Disable hardware VLAN Strip by a rx queue of an Ethernet device.
@@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ rte_eth_rx_queue_count(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id)
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
 	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
 	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->rx_queue_count, -ENOTSUP);
-        return (*dev->dev_ops->rx_queue_count)(dev, queue_id);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->rx_queue_count)(dev, queue_id);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3004,7 +3004,7 @@ int rte_eth_dev_rss_reta_query(uint8_t port,
   *  - (-ENODEV) if *port_id* invalid.
  *   - (-EINVAL) if bad parameter.
  */
-int rte_eth_dev_uc_hash_table_set(uint8_t port,struct ether_addr *addr,
+int rte_eth_dev_uc_hash_table_set(uint8_t port, struct ether_addr *addr,
 					uint8_t on);
 
  /**
@@ -3024,7 +3024,7 @@ int rte_eth_dev_uc_hash_table_set(uint8_t port,struct ether_addr *addr,
   *  - (-ENODEV) if *port_id* invalid.
  *   - (-EINVAL) if bad parameter.
  */
-int rte_eth_dev_uc_all_hash_table_set(uint8_t port,uint8_t on);
+int rte_eth_dev_uc_all_hash_table_set(uint8_t port, uint8_t on);
 
  /**
  * Set RX L2 Filtering mode of a VF of an Ethernet device.
@@ -3068,7 +3068,7 @@ int rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rxmode(uint8_t port, uint16_t vf, uint16_t rx_mode,
 *   - (-EINVAL) if bad parameter.
 */
 int
-rte_eth_dev_set_vf_tx(uint8_t port,uint16_t vf, uint8_t on);
+rte_eth_dev_set_vf_tx(uint8_t port, uint16_t vf, uint8_t on);
 
 /**
 * Enable or disable a VF traffic receive of an Ethernet device.
@@ -3087,7 +3087,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_set_vf_tx(uint8_t port,uint16_t vf, uint8_t on);
 *   - (-EINVAL) if bad parameter.
 */
 int
-rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rx(uint8_t port,uint16_t vf, uint8_t on);
+rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rx(uint8_t port, uint16_t vf, uint8_t on);
 
 /**
 * Enable/Disable hardware VF VLAN filtering by an Ethernet device of
