[PATCH] examples/vhost: fix hang on exit

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Oct 29 15:47:27 CET 2026


destroy_device() waits for the worker lcore to ack device removal.
Since the signal handler rework, the workers exit before the vhost
drivers are unregistered, so the destroy callback spins forever.

Unregister the drivers while the workers are still polling, then
stop and join them.

Bugzilla ID: 2071
Fixes: 5ffa8fafcbd3 ("examples/vhost: make signal handler safe")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Reported-by: Yu Jiang <yux.jiang at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 examples/vhost/main.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index 523195f5c4..16c9387f8f 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ static uint32_t enabled_port_mask = 0;
 /* Set by the SIGINT handler to stop the worker loops. */
 static volatile sig_atomic_t quit;
 
+static RTE_ATOMIC(bool) stop_workers;
+
 /* Promiscuous mode */
 static uint32_t promiscuous;
 
@@ -1242,7 +1244,7 @@ switch_worker(void *arg)
 		}
 	}
 
-	while (!quit) {
+	while (!rte_atomic_load_explicit(&stop_workers, rte_memory_order_relaxed)) {
 		drain_mbuf_table(tx_q);
 		drain_vhost_table();
 		/*
-- 
2.53.0



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