[PATCH v2 04/13] examples/symmetric_mp: do not print or exit in handler

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Sep 7 19:03:22 CEST 2026


The SIGINT and SIGTERM handler called printf() and exit() which are
not async-signal-safe.

Set a flag, let the forwarding loops return, and print the stats from
main() after joining the lcores.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 examples/multi_process/symmetric_mp/main.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/multi_process/symmetric_mp/main.c b/examples/multi_process/symmetric_mp/main.c
index 7314a9c6ea..e2d185ab1b 100644
--- a/examples/multi_process/symmetric_mp/main.c
+++ b/examples/multi_process/symmetric_mp/main.c
@@ -92,18 +92,25 @@ smp_usage(const char *prgname, const char *errmsg)
 }
 
 
-/* signal handler configured for SIGTERM and SIGINT to print stats on exit */
+/* Set by SIGTERM and SIGINT handler to stop the forwarding loops. */
+static volatile sig_atomic_t quit;
+
+static void
+signal_handler(__rte_unused int signum)
+{
+	quit = 1;
+}
+
 static void
-print_stats(int signum)
+print_stats(void)
 {
 	unsigned i;
-	printf("\nExiting on signal %d\n\n", signum);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_ports; i++){
 		const uint8_t p_num = ports[i];
 		printf("Port %u: RX - %u, TX - %u, Drop - %u\n", (unsigned)p_num,
 				pstats[p_num].rx, pstats[p_num].tx, pstats[p_num].drop);
 	}
-	exit(0);
 }
 
 /* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
@@ -344,7 +351,7 @@ lcore_main(void *arg __rte_unused)
 	 * queue number corresponding to our process number (not lcore id)
 	 */
 
-	for (;;) {
+	while (!quit) {
 		struct rte_mbuf *buf[PKT_BURST];
 
 		for (p = start_port; p < end_port; p++) {
@@ -364,6 +371,8 @@ lcore_main(void *arg __rte_unused)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Check the link status of all ports in up to 9s, and print them finally */
@@ -440,8 +449,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct rte_mempool *mp;
 
 	/* set up signal handlers to print stats on exit */
-	signal(SIGINT, print_stats);
-	signal(SIGTERM, print_stats);
+	signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
+	signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
 
 	/* initialise the EAL for all */
 	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
@@ -484,6 +493,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	RTE_LOG(INFO, APP, "Finished Process Init.\n");
 
 	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(lcore_main, NULL, CALL_MAIN);
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	print_stats();
 
 	/* clean up the EAL */
 	rte_eal_cleanup();
-- 
2.53.0



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