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From: prateekag <prateekag@cse.iitb.ac.in>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Printfs in Signal Handler
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:50:43 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6c909d2e48de9a4bd88f1783798d06c7@cse.iitb.ac.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4079538.OZV0JHgpTk@thomas>

Hi,

I can only look at this problem a week later, If someone wants to correct 
this, they may go ahead. The problem is how to convert an integer to string 
and what functions to use to create the final string. "itoa" is not a part of 
C standard, writing custom itoa may pollute the code. strcpy is asyc-safe 
afaik.
The strings in which signal number is not required to printed can be directly 
converted to write call.

Prateek Agarwal


On 2020-12-03 02:11, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 01/12/2020 10:24, Thomas Monjalon:
>> 01/12/2020 04:39, prateekag:
>> > printf is not signal safe and may lead to deadlock if kept in signal handler
>> > and
>> > signal comes in two quick succession. It will not lead to incorrect behavior
>> > and it is a highly unlikely event. And an expert may understand why this
>> > issue happened. Is it worthwhile to change these printfs to unix I/O write
>> > call?
>> 
>> Thank you for reporting.
>> Please could you describe which files and functions you are talking about?
> 
> I've received a private reply:
> 	Filenames:
> 		testpmd.c
> 		test_pmd_perf.c
> 		evt_main.c
> 		pdump/main.c
> 	Function name:
> 		signal_handler
> 
> 
> I am OK with removing these printfs.
> 
> Do you want to do the patch with the explanation?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-12-04  9:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-01  3:39 prateekag
2020-12-01  9:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-12-02 20:41   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-12-03  0:02     ` prateekag
2020-12-04  9:20     ` prateekag [this message]
2020-12-04  9:50       ` Thomas Monjalon

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