* [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager
@ 2026-05-28 19:04 Sudheendra Sampath
2026-05-28 21:10 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-05-29 8:01 ` Bruce Richardson
0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sudheendra Sampath @ 2026-05-28 19:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dev; +Cc: Sudheendra Sampath, Anatoly Burakov, Sivaprasad Tummala
This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
then create powermanager directory underneath it.
2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a directory
before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
All directory permissions are 0700.
Signed-off-by: Sudheendra Sampath <giveback4fun@gmail.com>
---
examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-
examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
index b69449c61d..60d767ea98 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
@@ -420,8 +420,33 @@ add_all_channels(const char *vm_name)
if (d == NULL) {
RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error opening directory '%s': %s\n",
CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, strerror(errno));
- return -1;
+
+ const char *run_dpdk = "/run/dpdk";
+ struct stat path_stat;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (stat(run_dpdk, &path_stat) != 0) {
+ ret = mkdir(run_dpdk, 0700);
+ if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error creating '%s': %s",
+ run_dpdk, strerror(errno));
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Make sure /run/dpdk is a directory */
+ if (!S_ISDIR(path_stat.st_mode)) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ ret = mkdir(CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, 0700);
+ if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error creating '%s': %s",
+ CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, strerror(errno));
+ return -1;
+ }
}
+
while ((dir = readdir(d)) != NULL) {
if (!strncmp(dir->d_name, ".", 1) ||
!strncmp(dir->d_name, "..", 2))
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
index 6f70539815..5fc93ae0be 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extern "C" {
#define CHANNEL_MGR_DEFAULT_HV_PATH "qemu:///system"
/* File socket directory */
-#define CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH "/tmp/powermonitor/"
+#define CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH "/run/dpdk/powermonitor/"
/* FIFO file name template */
#define CHANNEL_MGR_FIFO_PATTERN_NAME "fifo"
--
2.43.0
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* Re: [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager
2026-05-28 19:04 [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager Sudheendra Sampath
@ 2026-05-28 21:10 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-05-29 8:01 ` Bruce Richardson
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2026-05-28 21:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sudheendra Sampath; +Cc: dev, Anatoly Burakov, Sivaprasad Tummala
On Thu, 28 May 2026 19:04:48 +0000
Sudheendra Sampath <giveback4fun@gmail.com> wrote:
> This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
> 1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
> then create powermanager directory underneath it.
> 2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a directory
> before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
>
> All directory permissions are 0700.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sudheendra Sampath <giveback4fun@gmail.com>
> ---
Lots of issues with hardcoding the path here.
Longer explanation from AI review.
Thanks for the patch. A few issues to address before this can be merged:
Two correctness bugs in the new recovery block:
- After creating the directories, d is still NULL but the code falls through to readdir(d). The recovery path must call opendir() again (and return -1 if that also fails) before the readdir loop.
- path_stat is only populated when stat() succeeds. The S_ISDIR(path_stat.st_mode) check runs on uninitialised memory when stat() returned an error and mkdir() was used. Restructure as if (stat(...) == 0) { check S_ISDIR } else { mkdir }.
Other items:
- doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vm_power_management.rst still references /tmp/powermonitor/ in several places; code and docs need to change together.
- Hardcoding /run/dpdk does not follow the DPDK runtime-dir convention and breaks non-root usage.
Please consider using rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() (or at least the same getuid() / RUNTIME_DIRECTORY logic as eal_create_runtime_dir()) instead.
- Subject says "powermanager" but the path is "powermonitor".
- The two new RTE_LOG messages are missing trailing "\n".
- Please add a proper Fixes: tag (12-char hash) for the commit that introduced /tmp/powermonitor.
Stephen
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* Re: [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager
2026-05-28 19:04 [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager Sudheendra Sampath
2026-05-28 21:10 ` Stephen Hemminger
@ 2026-05-29 8:01 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-05-29 15:23 ` Stephen Hemminger
1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Richardson @ 2026-05-29 8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sudheendra Sampath; +Cc: dev, Anatoly Burakov, Sivaprasad Tummala
On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 07:04:48PM +0000, Sudheendra Sampath wrote:
> This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
> 1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
> then create powermanager directory underneath it.
> 2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a directory
> before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
>
I would suggest using $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for the directory path, rather than
hardcoding it by default. If XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, then maybe
consider using /run/dpdk. However, rather than /run/dpdk, I'd suggest using
the normal runtime dir path on most distros as the default:
/run/user/<uid>.
/Bruce
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* Re: [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager
2026-05-29 8:01 ` Bruce Richardson
@ 2026-05-29 15:23 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-05-29 16:01 ` Bruce Richardson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2026-05-29 15:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bruce Richardson
Cc: Sudheendra Sampath, dev, Anatoly Burakov, Sivaprasad Tummala
On Fri, 29 May 2026 09:01:34 +0100
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 07:04:48PM +0000, Sudheendra Sampath wrote:
> > This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
> > 1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
> > then create powermanager directory underneath it.
> > 2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a directory
> > before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
> >
> I would suggest using $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for the directory path, rather than
> hardcoding it by default. If XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, then maybe
> consider using /run/dpdk. However, rather than /run/dpdk, I'd suggest using
> the normal runtime dir path on most distros as the default:
> /run/user/<uid>.
>
> /Bruce
The login in EAL is a little more detailed.
The choice is from systemd conventions which follows filesystem hierarchy.
int eal_create_runtime_dir(void)
{
const char *directory;
char run_dir[PATH_MAX];
char tmp[PATH_MAX];
int ret;
/* from RuntimeDirectory= see systemd.exec */
directory = getenv("RUNTIME_DIRECTORY");
if (directory == NULL) {
/*
* Used standard convention defined in
* XDG Base Directory Specification and
* Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
*/
if (getuid() == 0)
directory = "/var/run";
else
directory = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") ? : "/tmp";
}
/* create DPDK subdirectory under runtime dir */
ret = snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/dpdk", directory);
if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(tmp)) {
EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating DPDK runtime path name");
return -1;
}
/* create prefix-specific subdirectory under DPDK runtime dir */
ret = snprintf(run_dir, sizeof(run_dir), "%s/%s",
tmp, eal_get_hugefile_prefix());
if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(run_dir)) {
EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating prefix-specific runtime path name");
return -1;
}
/* create the path if it doesn't exist. no "mkdir -p" here, so do it
* step by step.
*/
ret = mkdir(tmp, 0700);
if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
tmp, strerror(errno));
return -1;
}
ret = mkdir(run_dir, 0700);
if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
run_dir, strerror(errno));
return -1;
}
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* Re: [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager
2026-05-29 15:23 ` Stephen Hemminger
@ 2026-05-29 16:01 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-06-18 19:24 ` [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermonitor Sudheendra S
2026-07-08 2:27 ` [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager Sudheendra S
0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Richardson @ 2026-05-29 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Hemminger
Cc: Sudheendra Sampath, dev, Anatoly Burakov, Sivaprasad Tummala
On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 08:23:24AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 29 May 2026 09:01:34 +0100
> Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 07:04:48PM +0000, Sudheendra Sampath wrote:
> > > This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
> > > 1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
> > > then create powermanager directory underneath it.
> > > 2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a directory
> > > before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
> > >
> > I would suggest using $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for the directory path, rather than
> > hardcoding it by default. If XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, then maybe
> > consider using /run/dpdk. However, rather than /run/dpdk, I'd suggest using
> > the normal runtime dir path on most distros as the default:
> > /run/user/<uid>.
> >
> > /Bruce
>
> The login in EAL is a little more detailed.
> The choice is from systemd conventions which follows filesystem hierarchy.
>
>
> int eal_create_runtime_dir(void)
> {
> const char *directory;
> char run_dir[PATH_MAX];
> char tmp[PATH_MAX];
> int ret;
>
> /* from RuntimeDirectory= see systemd.exec */
> directory = getenv("RUNTIME_DIRECTORY");
> if (directory == NULL) {
> /*
> * Used standard convention defined in
> * XDG Base Directory Specification and
> * Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
> */
> if (getuid() == 0)
> directory = "/var/run";
> else
> directory = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") ? : "/tmp";
> }
>
> /* create DPDK subdirectory under runtime dir */
> ret = snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/dpdk", directory);
> if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(tmp)) {
> EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating DPDK runtime path name");
> return -1;
> }
>
> /* create prefix-specific subdirectory under DPDK runtime dir */
> ret = snprintf(run_dir, sizeof(run_dir), "%s/%s",
> tmp, eal_get_hugefile_prefix());
> if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(run_dir)) {
> EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating prefix-specific runtime path name");
> return -1;
> }
>
> /* create the path if it doesn't exist. no "mkdir -p" here, so do it
> * step by step.
> */
> ret = mkdir(tmp, 0700);
> if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
> EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
> tmp, strerror(errno));
> return -1;
> }
>
> ret = mkdir(run_dir, 0700);
> if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
> EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
> run_dir, strerror(errno));
> return -1;
> }
Yes. Can the power manager call the rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() API and use
that as a basis for its working directory? Save duplicating all this logic.
/Bruce
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* Re: [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermonitor
2026-05-29 16:01 ` Bruce Richardson
@ 2026-06-18 19:24 ` Sudheendra S
2026-06-26 18:46 ` Sudheendra S
2026-07-08 2:27 ` [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager Sudheendra S
1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sudheendra S @ 2026-06-18 19:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bruce Richardson
Cc: Stephen Hemminger, dev@dpdk.org, Anatoly Burakov,
Sivaprasad Tummala
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*Note: Changed subject line from /run/dpdk/powermanager ->
/run/dpdk/powermonitor*
Hi All,
Apologies for the delay.
So, I am following the above thread and below are what I understand are the
changes that are needed :
1. I see that rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() is RTE_EXPORTED_SYMBOL. I will
verify that channel_manager has access to this symbol.
2. Upon successful creation of /run/dpdk, I can mkdir
CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH (/var/run/dpdk/powermonitor) and opendir() that for
subsequent processing.
3. Fixup the documentation to reflect correct powermonitor path
Please let me know if I am missing anything or if I misinterpreting any
part of the email exchange.
Thanks for all your help and support.
-Sudheendra G Sampath
On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 08:23:24AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 May 2026 09:01:34 +0100
> > Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 07:04:48PM +0000, Sudheendra Sampath wrote:
> > > > This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
> > > > 1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
> > > > then create powermanager directory underneath it.
> > > > 2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a
> directory
> > > > before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
> > > >
> > > I would suggest using $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for the directory path, rather
> than
> > > hardcoding it by default. If XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, then maybe
> > > consider using /run/dpdk. However, rather than /run/dpdk, I'd suggest
> using
> > > the normal runtime dir path on most distros as the default:
> > > /run/user/<uid>.
> > >
> > > /Bruce
> >
> > The login in EAL is a little more detailed.
> > The choice is from systemd conventions which follows filesystem
> hierarchy.
> >
> >
> > int eal_create_runtime_dir(void)
> > {
> > const char *directory;
> > char run_dir[PATH_MAX];
> > char tmp[PATH_MAX];
> > int ret;
> >
> > /* from RuntimeDirectory= see systemd.exec */
> > directory = getenv("RUNTIME_DIRECTORY");
> > if (directory == NULL) {
> > /*
> > * Used standard convention defined in
> > * XDG Base Directory Specification and
> > * Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
> > */
> > if (getuid() == 0)
> > directory = "/var/run";
> > else
> > directory = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") ? : "/tmp";
> > }
> >
> > /* create DPDK subdirectory under runtime dir */
> > ret = snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/dpdk", directory);
> > if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(tmp)) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating DPDK runtime path name");
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > /* create prefix-specific subdirectory under DPDK runtime dir */
> > ret = snprintf(run_dir, sizeof(run_dir), "%s/%s",
> > tmp, eal_get_hugefile_prefix());
> > if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(run_dir)) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating prefix-specific runtime path
> name");
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > /* create the path if it doesn't exist. no "mkdir -p" here, so do
> it
> > * step by step.
> > */
> > ret = mkdir(tmp, 0700);
> > if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
> > tmp, strerror(errno));
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > ret = mkdir(run_dir, 0700);
> > if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
> > run_dir, strerror(errno));
> > return -1;
> > }
>
> Yes. Can the power manager call the rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() API and use
> that as a basis for its working directory? Save duplicating all this logic.
>
> /Bruce
>
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* Re: [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermonitor
2026-06-18 19:24 ` [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermonitor Sudheendra S
@ 2026-06-26 18:46 ` Sudheendra S
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sudheendra S @ 2026-06-26 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bruce Richardson
Cc: Stephen Hemminger, dev@dpdk.org, Anatoly Burakov,
Sivaprasad Tummala
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Hi Stephen,
I appreciate any feedback so that I can make changes and send out the patch.
Thanks
On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 12:24 PM Sudheendra S <giveback4fun@gmail.com>
wrote:
> *Note: Changed subject line from /run/dpdk/powermanager ->
> /run/dpdk/powermonitor*
>
> Hi All,
>
> Apologies for the delay.
>
> So, I am following the above thread and below are what I understand are
> the changes that are needed :
>
>
> 1. I see that rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() is RTE_EXPORTED_SYMBOL. I
> will verify that channel_manager has access to this symbol.
> 2. Upon successful creation of /run/dpdk, I can mkdir
> CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH (/var/run/dpdk/powermonitor) and opendir() that for
> subsequent processing.
> 3. Fixup the documentation to reflect correct powermonitor path
>
> Please let me know if I am missing anything or if I misinterpreting any
> part of the email exchange.
>
> Thanks for all your help and support.
>
> -Sudheendra G Sampath
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM Bruce Richardson <
> bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 08:23:24AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> > On Fri, 29 May 2026 09:01:34 +0100
>> > Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 07:04:48PM +0000, Sudheendra Sampath wrote:
>> > > > This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
>> > > > 1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
>> > > > then create powermanager directory underneath it.
>> > > > 2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a
>> directory
>> > > > before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
>> > > >
>> > > I would suggest using $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for the directory path, rather
>> than
>> > > hardcoding it by default. If XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, then maybe
>> > > consider using /run/dpdk. However, rather than /run/dpdk, I'd suggest
>> using
>> > > the normal runtime dir path on most distros as the default:
>> > > /run/user/<uid>.
>> > >
>> > > /Bruce
>> >
>> > The login in EAL is a little more detailed.
>> > The choice is from systemd conventions which follows filesystem
>> hierarchy.
>> >
>> >
>> > int eal_create_runtime_dir(void)
>> > {
>> > const char *directory;
>> > char run_dir[PATH_MAX];
>> > char tmp[PATH_MAX];
>> > int ret;
>> >
>> > /* from RuntimeDirectory= see systemd.exec */
>> > directory = getenv("RUNTIME_DIRECTORY");
>> > if (directory == NULL) {
>> > /*
>> > * Used standard convention defined in
>> > * XDG Base Directory Specification and
>> > * Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
>> > */
>> > if (getuid() == 0)
>> > directory = "/var/run";
>> > else
>> > directory = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") ? : "/tmp";
>> > }
>> >
>> > /* create DPDK subdirectory under runtime dir */
>> > ret = snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/dpdk", directory);
>> > if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(tmp)) {
>> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating DPDK runtime path name");
>> > return -1;
>> > }
>> >
>> > /* create prefix-specific subdirectory under DPDK runtime dir */
>> > ret = snprintf(run_dir, sizeof(run_dir), "%s/%s",
>> > tmp, eal_get_hugefile_prefix());
>> > if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(run_dir)) {
>> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating prefix-specific runtime path
>> name");
>> > return -1;
>> > }
>> >
>> > /* create the path if it doesn't exist. no "mkdir -p" here, so do
>> it
>> > * step by step.
>> > */
>> > ret = mkdir(tmp, 0700);
>> > if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
>> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
>> > tmp, strerror(errno));
>> > return -1;
>> > }
>> >
>> > ret = mkdir(run_dir, 0700);
>> > if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
>> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
>> > run_dir, strerror(errno));
>> > return -1;
>> > }
>>
>> Yes. Can the power manager call the rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() API and use
>> that as a basis for its working directory? Save duplicating all this
>> logic.
>>
>> /Bruce
>>
>
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* Re: [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermanager
2026-05-29 16:01 ` Bruce Richardson
2026-06-18 19:24 ` [PATCH] examples: Fix vm_power_manager scratch area to /run/dpdk/powermonitor Sudheendra S
@ 2026-07-08 2:27 ` Sudheendra S
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sudheendra S @ 2026-07-08 2:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bruce Richardson
Cc: Stephen Hemminger, dev, Anatoly Burakov, Sivaprasad Tummala
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Hi Stephen,
I totally understand that you and the team are very busy. I hope to get
some direction since this is first time ever to be submitting a patch to
DPDK.
From what I understand from the above email exchange changes needed are :
1. I see that rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() is RTE_EXPORTED_SYMBOL. I will
verify that channel_manager has access to this symbol.
2. Upon successful creation of /run/dpdk, I can mkdir
CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH (/var/run/dpdk/powermonitor) and opendir() that for
subsequent processing.
3. Fixup the documentation to reflect correct powermonitor path
Please let me know if I am missing anything or if I misinterpreting any
part of the email exchange.
Appreciate your timely help and support.
On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 08:23:24AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 May 2026 09:01:34 +0100
> > Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 07:04:48PM +0000, Sudheendra Sampath wrote:
> > > > This patch for bug 1832 will do the following:
> > > > 1. If /run/dpdk is not present, it will create it first with and
> > > > then create powermanager directory underneath it.
> > > > 2. If /run/dpdk is present, it will verify it is actually a
> directory
> > > > before creating subdirectory, powermanager.
> > > >
> > > I would suggest using $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for the directory path, rather
> than
> > > hardcoding it by default. If XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, then maybe
> > > consider using /run/dpdk. However, rather than /run/dpdk, I'd suggest
> using
> > > the normal runtime dir path on most distros as the default:
> > > /run/user/<uid>.
> > >
> > > /Bruce
> >
> > The login in EAL is a little more detailed.
> > The choice is from systemd conventions which follows filesystem
> hierarchy.
> >
> >
> > int eal_create_runtime_dir(void)
> > {
> > const char *directory;
> > char run_dir[PATH_MAX];
> > char tmp[PATH_MAX];
> > int ret;
> >
> > /* from RuntimeDirectory= see systemd.exec */
> > directory = getenv("RUNTIME_DIRECTORY");
> > if (directory == NULL) {
> > /*
> > * Used standard convention defined in
> > * XDG Base Directory Specification and
> > * Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
> > */
> > if (getuid() == 0)
> > directory = "/var/run";
> > else
> > directory = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") ? : "/tmp";
> > }
> >
> > /* create DPDK subdirectory under runtime dir */
> > ret = snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/dpdk", directory);
> > if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(tmp)) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating DPDK runtime path name");
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > /* create prefix-specific subdirectory under DPDK runtime dir */
> > ret = snprintf(run_dir, sizeof(run_dir), "%s/%s",
> > tmp, eal_get_hugefile_prefix());
> > if (ret < 0 || ret == sizeof(run_dir)) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating prefix-specific runtime path
> name");
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > /* create the path if it doesn't exist. no "mkdir -p" here, so do
> it
> > * step by step.
> > */
> > ret = mkdir(tmp, 0700);
> > if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
> > tmp, strerror(errno));
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > ret = mkdir(run_dir, 0700);
> > if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
> > EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error creating '%s': %s",
> > run_dir, strerror(errno));
> > return -1;
> > }
>
> Yes. Can the power manager call the rte_eal_get_runtime_dir() API and use
> that as a basis for its working directory? Save duplicating all this logic.
>
> /Bruce
>
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