From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A2DA046B for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:01:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA28C1C47D; Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:01:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f171.google.com (mail-pf1-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F7C11C310 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:01:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f171.google.com with SMTP id y15so24656466pfn.5 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:01:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nRPoCtL+oDzrKYBHK3xboczsH2dILBqKaymc2K9ojEQ=; b=N93xdePR4wT+/htkOnkmhCNsBAgRuGJ7HrsUoxC12WhZN7aB2SJvap9MPLEHqoOUD8 oA0RNY6nUEBZPWHvrhX01KQ8S1JPu1EI5Xqvt8HWV0lUCzpA88MVXQjp7jqs6tCPfuA9 k3U8vi/rpguP5pqIOK707BcrFgpuSHVhBS1ovrdx35XLImTlwRqaxStrKKYty/r97hoW 1Dmaa2KFG/WBe0Bu3FBvTQhIfplCsr52WxsY0sHybOMo3NgoNfpj4O4j8b+w0YFZXG6Z lGOKzMN3dZcXgk11Na14IvWRftDkRRw24mwAmjCfacXXaQtjs/1XTFR6/uJXJDGjFBFj o4+Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nRPoCtL+oDzrKYBHK3xboczsH2dILBqKaymc2K9ojEQ=; b=GuFshMbjDqFudlynx2CvG37+LHshYqg1MXDu7DLt+F5ZHhDyi9uxOCLH8o5BEzNqGh 4+lvHJ53l45U7U1jX3/EQhJ4lBR01Jr/O6h8NQLiKHt2eXKoxvv6muW6KkbD8b1M14HB 9QDCcpMtFjYhe1D6iizdLuY6LijH/anyRWtanfvByiId5MGF+nW9iBTUL5aYrWhK8XP7 dYLpq4wsWW0GdhfMWpAhfWHR0AxHY31EFaiAsY1A5Myb8NNZEgn03bByEOGZxZvQFRSc UOX+NOTOFwesHSA5LF65CoLk9kDvygU0S4mNMuUDIHbEBWtXj27mVqUwAhEQlr3k/uEN 8Hqg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWuRJLykVCr44akiso5x6eQovbCtAFKK3jwyma/7xQVedcfevp3 fqyLYKkIR9EC9OYN+LIXkMk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyL4XIw2msOsgQ2ItkpCZAFQOlu+BbWWiM1ons0ibV4W7+WiBFylho5NqIoAg53HqEgHUR14A== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:c68c:: with SMTP id n12mr98885951pjt.33.1564153285193; Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:01:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h26sm56730191pfq.64.2019.07.26.08.01.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:01:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 08:01:16 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: "Burakov, Anatoly" Cc: "Ananyev, Konstantin" , "Richardson, Bruce" , "dev@dpdk.org" , Thomas Monjalon Message-ID: <20190726080116.68d766a3@hermes.lan> In-Reply-To: <06bb50da-e56f-3bf0-920f-001480150f5d@intel.com> References: <29cf5458-8459-0187-13b1-44277283fc93@intel.com> <20190726093951.GA1629@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB9772580168A5BA83@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> <06bb50da-e56f-3bf0-920f-001480150f5d@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Should we disallow running secondaries after primary has died? X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:53:58 +0100 "Burakov, Anatoly" wrote: > > > > NP to disallow it. > > In fact, I think it would be easier for everyone just to drop current DPDK MP model, > > and keep just standalone DPDK instances. > > That's the dream, but i don't think it'll ever come to fruition, at > least not without a huge push from the community. There are several net appliances that require primary/secondary model. I think initially during DPDK development it was sold as a feature to the Network vendors. It might be possible to clamp down on what API's are supported by secondary process. For example, disallowing any control operations start/stop etc.