Added C bindings

src/bindings/c/include/c_api/ie_c_api.h

@@ -1088,4 +1088,15 @@ INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_blob_free(ie_blob_t **blob);
 
 /** @} */ // end of Blob
 
+/**
+ * @brief Shut down the OpenVINO by deleting all static-duration objects allocated by the library and releasing
+ * dependent resources
+ *
+ * @note This function should be used by advanced user to control unload the resources.
+ *
+ * You might want to use this function if you are developing a dynamically-loaded library which should clean up all
+ * resources after itself when the library is unloaded.
+ */
+INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_shutdown();
+
 #endif  // IE_C_API_H

src/bindings/c/src/ie_c_api.cpp

@@ -1624,3 +1624,7 @@ void ie_blob_free(ie_blob_t **blob) {
         *blob = NULL;
     }
 }
+
+void ie_shutdown() {
+    InferenceEngine::shutdown();
+}

src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/pyngraph/util.cpp

@@ -50,5 +50,15 @@ void regmodule_pyngraph_util(py::module m) {
         return ngraph::op::util::get_ie_output_name(output);
     });
 
-    mod.def("shutdown", &ov::shutdown);
+    mod.def("shutdown",
+            &ov::shutdown,
+            R"(
+                    Shut down the OpenVINO by deleting all static-duration objects allocated by the library and releasing
+                    dependent resources
+                    
+                    This function should be used by advanced user to control unload the resources.
+                    
+                    You might want to use this function if you are developing a dynamically-loaded library which should clean up all
+                    resources after itself when the library is unloaded.
+                )");
 }

src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/pyopenvino.cpp

@@ -152,7 +152,17 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(pyopenvino, m) {
                 serialize(model, xml_path="./serialized.xml", bin_path="./serialized.bin", version="IR_V11")
         )");
 
-    m.def("shutdown", &ov::shutdown, R"(Shutdown openvino runtime by try unload libraries)");
+    m.def("shutdown",
+          &ov::shutdown,
+          R"(
+                    Shut down the OpenVINO by deleting all static-duration objects allocated by the library and releasing
+                    dependent resources
+                    
+                    This function should be used by advanced user to control unload the resources.
+                    
+                    You might want to use this function if you are developing a dynamically-loaded library which should clean up all
+                    resources after itself when the library is unloaded.
+                )");
 
     regclass_graph_PyRTMap(m);
     regmodule_graph_types(m);