From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com (mail-ob0-f169.google.com [209.85.214.169]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3DA72BA9 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:08:08 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-ob0-f169.google.com with SMTP id fp4so42962409obb.2 for ; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 03:08:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=KdMJ+EOXdJFWqu5hLYChK/qXYBosmdVnwfbxMkHaz1E=; b=GjqY1bg0PQjSV3NABQiy/gpHlQODxed90jDzFGegxZYmaK/2S9w74hQIbTHEvif1ak gpTEBPNky/qKlSoumBD91vByiGE9w+EbJxbhKkR8ddjSXKRP2CqYBBOY/T9+MSrpRFIv nhbKQZKx3+zqp9cwoFhiPBK+QRPQabXh576fq4gJL/sW6KUDEKDVkLo/KK7uFd6sV6Xb 5aape36GQuQ/asn90NQFP70ddOtQOwLBaWR8WH/nrTCMxiOMqA8Dfb4qJ+9xO5gqXd1+ BnhgIazHFt00u00X8mtpKrUbpHkU2OpC63xGlCb3SKByHIUpbVnUUeC5o3EHW7qrqeOO AHew== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=KdMJ+EOXdJFWqu5hLYChK/qXYBosmdVnwfbxMkHaz1E=; b=Q8Lq6pIBpZbwyBQijaPKgsND/bW9EWDM7a58NyLAkwfYGlGu9NRcs0di4b7dZl/fyh cEK1vsKVnZLsumZY+4RGz7jOXCJdjg6TEut92twPJHD4gFB8ROkpCBA+OonKIKC4eaCV M82aXb7tm476p3J3c9jyeg5ofWstYEbvLjp5l9PsgMq+5lwGbuS1qctEYU1c8ik40ArN dohWwOullwHH39CWvKKNsKKoFqFh3nGE81PS1Q2eRx0d3cuuem5LQPYVoPhhm9XRHULx cftHHuZn5qkqAO4CVSqxPRiaI6GFVUdQArwjX7NTaD9KB2YAamV0PesOgXqNshkGrtMg O3sw== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJLBVtvAOj3shk7yoBOrznm8iCP4rrxtFwfGIWnll6EKyUUYZVCiu92SA/GuXVFlOU+MJiUoJegQo98OeRkl X-Received: by 10.60.227.105 with SMTP id rz9mr13122582oec.72.1457521688143; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 03:08:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.76.180.72 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 03:07:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1457518362-32762-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com> References: <1457456825-28667-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com> <1457518362-32762-1-git-send-email-harry.van.haaren@intel.com> From: David Marchand Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:07:48 +0100 Message-ID: To: sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/2] eal: add function to check primary alive X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 11:08:09 -0000 On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Harry van Haaren wrote: > > The first patch of this patchset contains a fix for EAL PCI probing, > to avoid a race-condition where a primary and secondary probe PCI > devices at the same time. > > The second patch adds a function that can be polled by a process to > detect if a DPDK primary process is alive. This function does not > rely on rte_eal_init(), as this uses the EAL and thus stops a > primary from starting. > > The functionality provided by this patch is very useful for providing > additional services to DPDK primary applications such as monitoring > statistics and performing fault detection. Sergio, please can you have a look at this patchset ? Thanks. -- David Marchand