[PATCH 0/3] testpmd support stop specify lcore

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 12:09:13 +0800
Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com> wrote:

> This patch support stop specify lcore for testpmd, and also include
> two bugfix which found when test DCB function.
> 
> Chengwen Feng (3):
>   app/testpmd: fix invalid txp when setup DCB forward
>   app/testpmd: fix wrong Rx queues when setup DCB forward
>   app/testpmd: support stop specify lcore
> 
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                      | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  app/test-pmd/config.c                       |  9 +--
>  doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst |  7 +++
>  3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 

If there is a stop lcore, why is there not a command to restart the lcore?
Looks like this just an optimization for DCB.
Could it be handled better by having testpmd not spawn lcores that
have no queues?