[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: add function to check if primary proc alive

[Van Haaren, Harry]

> From: Richardson, Bruce
> The details of what the config file is should largely be hidden from the user
> IMHO.

Agreed, however hiding it totally removes the flexibility of waiting for a primary
that is starting with --file-prefix (aka: in a non-default location). Imposing
a limit on only monitoring primary procs in the default location seems wrong.

> If you want to allow a secondary to query an arbitrary primary process can you
> still allow a NULL string to query the default primary based on the passed in
> file-prefix parameter (if any)?

Yep, I've made a v2 which includes handling NULL as path arg and using the
default config file, will post later after some more testing.

-Harry