[PATCH v3] app/testpmd: fix interactive mode with no ports

Gregory Etelson getelson at nvidia.com
Thu Jan 19 18:23:12 CET 2023


Testpmd terminated unconditionally if it failed to start all ports.

The patch allows testpmd to get into the command line,
if the interactive mode was requested.

Fixes: 6937d2103e22 ("app/testpmd: add option to not start device")

Cc: stephen at networkplumber.org
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson at nvidia.com>
---
v2: Add Cc.
v3: Update patch.
---
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index 134d79a555..3d336a4d3e 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -4483,8 +4483,13 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!no_device_start && start_port(RTE_PORT_ALL) != 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Start ports failed\n");
+	if (!no_device_start && start_port(RTE_PORT_ALL) != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Start ports failed\n");
+		if (!interactive) {
+			rte_eal_cleanup();
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Start ports failed\n");
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* set all ports to promiscuous mode by default */
 	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(port_id) {
-- 
2.34.1



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