[PATCH v2] app/testpmd: stop secondary process fwd_lcores during primary teardown

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 03:25:01 -0700
Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224 at uetpeshawar.edu.pk> wrote:

> When the secondary process testpmd application running any fwd_engine
> and after that primary has exited will cause a crash.
> 
> This patch forces secondary process forwarding lcores
> in fwd_engine to stop before the primary process exits.
> 
> Fixes: a550baf24af90f ("app/testpmd: support multi-process")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224 at uetpeshawar.edu.pk>

NAK
As you said, you did not test it on Windows, yet you added #ifdef
for Windows support. Since Windows doesn't support secondary
processes (yet) how could you.

Adding Windows here has to wait until it can be tested.