On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 15:00:43 +0000 "Shubhachint, Chaitanya" <chaitanya.shubhach...@netscout.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I run my dpdk applications with "file-prefix" option, so I can run them > concurrently. I see that it creates a runtime directory under /var/run/dpdk. > This directory still persists after the application has terminated. The code > calls rte_eal_cleanup before exiting but that doesn't seem to remove the > directory and its content. In my setup I have to consistently bring my > applications up, run then for short period and terminate them, each > application run picks a new file-prefix, thus creating new directory under > /var/run/dpdk. After enough number of runs the tempfs partition fills up and > results into rte_eal_init failure. > Is there a cleanup routine or sequence I need to implement to unlink this > directory? Your help is appreciated. > > Chaitanya. It would be better if DPDK used Unix domain abstract address everywhere. The abstract form of address does not show up in file system and is automatically removed on process exit (close).
