From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7B1F5681 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:47:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 27 Jul 2018 09:46:58 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.51,410,1526367600"; d="scan'208";a="60356439" Received: from fmsmsx105.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.124.203]) by orsmga008.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 27 Jul 2018 09:46:58 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx153.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.125.6) by FMSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.124.203) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.319.2; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:46:58 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx108.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.9.10]) by FMSMSX153.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.9.131]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:46:58 -0700 From: "Eads, Gage" To: Stephen Hemminger , Thomas Monjalon CC: "Burakov, Anatoly" , "dev@dpdk.org" , "Richardson, Bruce" , "jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com" , "Yigit, Ferruh" , "hemant.agrawal@nxp.com" , "Ananyev, Konstantin" , Olivier Matz Thread-Topic: DPDK and forked processes Thread-Index: AdQdEjFibZn7P0/2SrWkZK8Y8z5EygAP2fIAAhcdf1AAEeimAAAB9PoAAA0yD6A= Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:46:57 +0000 Message-ID: <9184057F7FC11744A2107296B6B8EB1E446F2513@FMSMSX108.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <9184057F7FC11744A2107296B6B8EB1E446E9A79@FMSMSX108.amr.corp.intel.com> <9184057F7FC11744A2107296B6B8EB1E446F214F@FMSMSX108.amr.corp.intel.com> <7441138.EijKcuSYIv@xps> <20180727085950.2e2e0281@xeon-e3> In-Reply-To: <20180727085950.2e2e0281@xeon-e3> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiNDU5YTJkY2QtNjQ2Yy00YTZlLWJjNTYtOWM3ZDU2YzNlMDQ0IiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE3LjEwLjE4MDQuNDkiLCJUcnVzdGVkTGFiZWxIYXNoIjoicnNSOStiSjRwOVltSmo2TkI4cHAwRFd5cmdYQXZndEFcL0Q2c3RpRk9DNFRyZVBadms5UmJia2lucVNPYU5HK0MifQ== x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.400.15 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [10.1.200.107] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK and forked processes 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: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:47:02 -0000 Agreed on both points. I'll submit a patchset to remove the l2fwd_fork exam= ple and its user-guide, so it doesn't appear that DPDK supports this model.= If anyone on the ML disagrees, they can respond here or on the patch threa= d. > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 11:00 AM > To: Thomas Monjalon > Cc: Eads, Gage ; Burakov, Anatoly > ; dev@dpdk.org; Richardson, Bruce > ; jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com; Yigit, Ferr= uh > ; hemant.agrawal@nxp.com; Ananyev, Konstantin > ; Olivier Matz > Subject: Re: DPDK and forked processes >=20 > On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:03:48 +0200 > Thomas Monjalon wrote: >=20 > > 27/07/2018 15:46, Eads, Gage: > > > As this discussion has broad implications for DPDK, is it a good cand= idate for > a techboard meeting topic? > > > > We can discuss it in techboard, but usually we prefer discussing > > topics whose resolution is not clear. > > In this case, I think everybody agree with Anatoly, isn't it? >=20 > I would prefer that decisions like this be done by rough consensus on the= mailing > list. >=20 > As far as applications messing with internals, in reality any application= can > change anything. Just don't come crying to DPDK community for help. >=20