From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 536134C8C for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:53:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 30 Jul 2018 01:53:00 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.51,422,1526367600"; d="scan'208";a="71626843" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.237.220.148]) ([10.237.220.148]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Jul 2018 01:52:58 -0700 To: Gage Eads , dev@dpdk.org References: <20180727185615.25155-1-gage.eads@intel.com> From: "Burakov, Anatoly" Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:52:58 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180727185615.25155-1-gage.eads@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples/multi_process: remove l2fwd fork example 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: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:53:01 -0000 On 27-Jul-18 7:56 PM, Gage Eads wrote: > l2fwd_fork relies on a multiprocess model that that DPDK does not support > (calling rte_eal_init() before fork()), in particular in light of recent > EAL changes like the multiproess communication channel. > > This example can mislead users into thinking this is a supported > multiprocess model; hence, this commit removes this example and the > corresponding user guide documentation as well. > > Signed-off-by: Gage Eads > --- Hi Gage, Maybe the commit message should reference the earlier discussion on the mailing list. -- Thanks, Anatoly