* [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
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread* 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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; } ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 4160 bytes --] *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 > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 5594 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 4490 bytes --] 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 >> > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 6122 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 4152 bytes --] 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 > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 5586 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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