[PATCH v2] testpmd: make f_quit flag volatile

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 11/9/22 13:11, Ruifeng Wang wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 2:08 AM
>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>> Cc: Phil Yang <Phil.Yang at arm.com>; Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
>> Subject: [PATCH v2] testpmd: make f_quit flag volatile
>>
>> Since f_quit is set in a signal handler it needs to be marked volatile.  Otherwise,
>> compiler is allowed to optimize the loop because it can assume the value never changes.
>> The flag can also be made local to the file it is used in.
>>
>> Fixes: d9a191a00e81 ("app/testpmd: fix quitting in container")
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
>> ---
>> v2 - not RFC and add fixes line
>>
>>   app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c index
>> aa7ea29f15ba..cf5942d0c422 100644
>> --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
>> +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
>> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ unsigned int xstats_display_num; /**< Size of extended statistics to
>> show */
>>    * In container, it cannot terminate the process which running with 'stats-period'
>>    * option. Set flag to exit stats period loop after received SIGINT/SIGTERM.
>>    */
>> -uint8_t f_quit;
>> +static volatile uint8_t f_quit;
>>   uint8_t cl_quit; /* Quit testpmd from cmdline. */
>>
>>   /*
>> --
>> 2.35.1
> Thanks for the change.
> Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang at arm.com>
> 

Applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.