Re: [dpdk-dev] rte epoll functions

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:01:21 +0200
David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 4:51 PM Stephen Hemminger
> <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:33:27 +0000
> > Liron Himi <lironh@marvell.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > > We noticed that the implementation of rte_epoll_wait doesn't stopped on signal such as SIGINT.
> > >
> > > Is anyone know why?
> > >
> > > If that on purpose and cannot be changed, how application can exit gracefully when using rx interrupts for example.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Liron
> > >  
> >
> > I noticed that, submitted a patch, and it has been unmerged for 9 months
> > https://patchwork.dpdk.org/patch/57047/  
> 
> - Indeed, there was no review nor any comment about the "bien fondé"
> of this patch for 9 months,
> - We don't need a new symbol, this should be fixed + symbol versioning
> to keep current behavior.
> 
> 

We do need a new symbol. People may want the old behavior.