[PATCH v7] app/testpmd: monitor state of primary process when using secondary

fengchengwen fengchengwen at huawei.com
Tue Aug 5 02:50:31 CEST 2025


Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>

On 8/4/2025 7:33 PM, Khadem Ullah wrote:
> In secondary processes, accessing device after primary has exited
> will cause crash.
> 
> This patch adds a mechanism in testpmd to monitor the primary process
> from the secondary process.
> When primary process exits it forces secondary to exit avoiding
> issues from cleanup logic.
> 
> Fixes: a550baf24af9 ('app/testpmd: support multi-process')
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Khadem Ullah <14pwcse1224 at uetpeshawar.edu.pk>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>


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