[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] eal: add function to check if primary proc alive
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Tue Mar 8 12:13:50 CET 2016
2016-03-08 09:58, Van Haaren, Harry:
> From: David Marchand [mailto:david.marchand at 6wind.com]
> > When I look at this new api, I am under the impression that you are
> > supposed to check for primary liveliness once dpdk init has finished
> > (from your secondary process point of view), not before and not while
> > it is initialising.
>
> The issue is that if a secondary process is initialized, it holds a read
> lock on /var/run/.rte_config and this prevents a primary from starting.
The new function is advertised as a monitoring feature.
But it seems to be also a workaround for an ordering issue when starting
primary and secondary processes concurrently, right?
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