[PATCH] app/testpmd: stop secondary process fwd_lcores during primary teardown

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:02:37 -0700
Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224 at uetpeshawar.edu.pk> wrote:

> +#ifndef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
> +			printf("Stopping secondary process ...\n");
> +			void *msg = NULL;
> +			if (rte_mempool_get(message_pool, &msg) < 0)
> +				rte_panic("Failed to get message buffer\n");
> +			strlcpy((char *)msg, "stop", STR_TOKEN_SIZE);
> +			if (rte_ring_enqueue(send_ring, msg) < 0) {
> +				printf("Failed to send message - message discarded\n");
> +				rte_mempool_put(message_pool, msg);
> +			}
> +#endif

Windows doesn't support secondary processes, not sure how you tested this.
When Windows supports secondary processes it should the existing EAL API's,
not fixing every service.