Yes. Try mapping the dpdk metadata directory (/var/run/dpdk) into both
containers from the host. You should be able to do the normal dual process
methods.


On Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 05:58 Staffan Wiklund <staffan491@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I wonder if it is possible to use the DPDK multi-process feature in Docker
> containers?
>
> That is, can a DPDK application execute in a Docker container and share its
> DPDK memory with another DPDK application executing in another Docker
> container
> using the DPDK multi-process feature?
>
> For example if the DPDK example mp_server executes in one Docker container:
> <build_dir>/examples/dpdk-mp_server -l 1-2 -n 4 -- -p 3 -n 2
>
> and the DPDK example mp_client executes in another Docker container:
>
> <build_dir>/examples/dpdk-mp_client -l 3 -n 4 --proc-type=auto -- -n 0
>
> Is this possible to implement?
>
> Thanks
> Staffan
>
>
>