[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] examples/l3fwd: Handle SIGINT and SIGTERM in l3fwd

[Wang, Zhihong]

> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:03:15 -0500
> Zhihong Wang <zhihong.wang at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > +/* When we receive a INT signal, close all ports */ static void
> > +sigint_handler(__rte_unused int signum) {
> > +	unsigned portid, nb_ports;
> > +
> > +	printf("Preparing to exit...\n");
> > +	nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count();
> > +	for (portid = 0; portid < nb_ports; portid++) {
> > +		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
> > +			continue;
> > +		}
> > +		printf("Stopping port %d...", portid);
> > +		rte_eth_dev_stop(portid);
> > +		rte_eth_dev_close(portid);
> > +		printf(" Done\n");
> > +	}
> > +	printf("Bye...\n");
> > +	exit(0);
> > +}
> 
> Signal handlers should only set a flag, which is then checked by thread loops.
> Calling functions in DPDK from signal handlers is not safe.

I'll make changes in v2 to address this issue. Thanks for pointing out :)
In some cases signal handler have to do the exit though, like when the program is still doing memory initialization and will take some time.