> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yu, DapengX <dapengx...@intel.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 11:29 AM
> To: Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo...@intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.x...@intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremon...@intel.com>
> Cc: Yu, DapengX <dapengx...@intel.com>; Stephen Hemminger
> <step...@networkplumber.org>; dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: avoid exit without resource
> release
> 
> Hi Wenzhuo, Beilei, Bernard
> 
> I need testpmd app maintainers' comment :
>     Do you prefer the simple solution in this patch or Stephen's comprehensive
> and generic solution(which will modify librte_cmdline, testpmd (and maybe
> rte_exit()))?

The patch just workarounds a specific case, the issue exits in many cases, such 
as Rxonly mode and Rxq is 0.
So It's better to investigate how to solve the generic problem according to 
Stephen's comments.

> So I can continue resolving the defect.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Yu, DapengX
> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:09 PM
> To: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
> Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo...@intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.x...@intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremon...@intel.com>;
> dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: avoid exit without resource
> release
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Do you mean this solution?
> 1. support atexit() in librte_eal, other component can use it to register a
> function to be called when rte_exit() is called.
> 2. in librte_cmdline, use atexit() to register a function to release resource
> 
> I am looking forward to more comments from other maintainers, since this
> solution will modify librte_eal and librte_cmdline, but not just testpmd app.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:step...@networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 11:03 AM
> To: Yu, DapengX <dapengx...@intel.com>
> Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo...@intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.x...@intel.com>; Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremon...@intel.com>;
> dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: avoid exit without resource
> release
> 
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 11:57:48 +0800
> dapengx...@intel.com wrote:
> 
> > From: YU DAPENG <dapengx...@intel.com>
> >
> > In interactive mode, if testpmd exit by calling rte_exit without
> > cmdline resource release, terminal will not echo keyboard input. So
> > add code to just show error message, but not exit testpmd when
> > unexpected happens on starting packet forwarding in interactive mode. User
> can type "quit"
> > to exit testpmd later.
> >
> > Fixes: 5a8fb55c48ab ("app/testpmd: support unidirectional
> > configuration")
> > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: YU DAPENG <dapengx...@intel.com>
> 
> Sounds like a more generic problem with rte_exit and librte_cmdline.
> Would it better to fix it in librte_cmdline by adding an atexit() handler.
> 

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