[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] testpmd: force user to stop forwarding when changing port/core list

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Sun Feb 15 16:57:37 CET 2015


> > Testpmd has the capability of changing the forwarding cores and ports in
> > runtime.
> > If these are changed when forwarding, two issues may be encountered:
> > 
> > - If "show config fwd" is used, changes made in the core list are applied.
> >   Therefore, trying to stop forwarding may hang testpmd,
> >   since it could be waiting for cores to stop that are not actually running
> > anything
> > 
> > - If the port list is changed, when stopping forwarding,
> >   it may miss the stats of some of the ports that were actually being used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Helin Zhang <helin.zhang at intel.com>

Applied, thanks


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