[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/1] dpdk_procinfo: check for primary process

[Maryam Tahhan]

Add a check to see if the primary process is running and exit gracefully if it
is not.
v2:
* Updated to tone down message and remove unnecessary brackets.

Suggested-by: Patrick Kutch <patrick.g.kutch at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan at intel.com>
---
 app/proc_info/main.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/proc_info/main.c b/app/proc_info/main.c
index 6dc0bbb..9c1eb91 100644
--- a/app/proc_info/main.c
+++ b/app/proc_info/main.c
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	argc -= ret;
 	argv += (ret - 3);
 
+        if (!rte_eal_primary_proc_alive(NULL))
+                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "No primary DPDK process is running.\n");
+
 	/* parse app arguments */
 	ret = proc_info_parse_args(argc, argv);
 	if (ret < 0)
-- 
2.4.11