Re: [PATCH v4 1/8] dumpcap: handle primary process exit

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 08:46:22AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> If primary process exits, then it is not possible (or needed)
> to cleanup resources. Instead just exit after closing the
> capture file.
> 
> Bugzilla ID: 1760
> Fixes: cbb44143be74 ("app/dumpcap: add new packet capture application")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---

Makes sense.
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

>  app/dumpcap/main.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/app/dumpcap/main.c b/app/dumpcap/main.c
> index e5ba36350b..3621c0ebe3 100644
> --- a/app/dumpcap/main.c
> +++ b/app/dumpcap/main.c
> @@ -1059,6 +1059,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	else
>  		pcap_dump_close(out.dumper);
>  
> +	/* If primary has exited, do not try and communicate with it */
> +	if (!rte_eal_primary_proc_alive(NULL))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	cleanup_pdump_resources();
>  
>  	rte_ring_free(r);
> -- 
> 2.51.0
>