On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 03:49:01 +0000 "Varghese, Vipin" <vipin.vargh...@amd.com> wrote:
> [Public] > > Since somehow the email are split it is difficult to see the indexing > > > > > Caution: This message originated from an External Source. Use proper caution > > when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding. > > > > > > Hi Stephen, > > > > Many thanks for diving deeper into the issue and sharing the insights. > > > > I agree. given that the primary tears down all the devices on exit, the > > secondary is > > left with dangling pointers and inconsistent state. > > Secondary if PMD should not be attempting to cleanup (especially for > ethdev_ptr shared from primary) I agree to that. > But should not be covered in library or PMD. While cleanup for other needs to > be done properly > > Without a mechanism to notify or synchronize that teardown, > > You already have health check added in the code for identify if primay is > still alive or not.. > There used to be MP thread spawned which actually piggy back the > communication. Is this broken? Can you please point to git There is no easy way to handle the case where primary crashes; leaving secondary process with pointers to dead data.
