24/07/2018 19:39, Dumitrescu, Cristian:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Moti Haimovsky
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 5:21 PM
> > To: tho...@monjalon.net
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org; Moti Haimovsky
> > <mo...@mellanox.com>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: workaround softnic CLI
> > modifications
> >
> > This patch returns the previous testpmd command line handling
> > routines (namely cmdline_interact and cmdline_stdin_exit) to the
> > prompt routine in order to overcome testpmd abnormal exit observed on
> > several setups.
> > These routines will only by used when testpmd is compiled without
> > support for RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SOFTNIC
> >
> > Fixes: 0ad778b398c6 ("app/testpmd: rework softnic forward mode")
> > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Moti Haimovsky <mo...@mellanox.com>
> > ---
> > app/test-pmd/cmdline.c | 18 +++++++++---------
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
>
> We should probably fix the issue in the cmdline library to bring
> cmdline_poll() on parity with cmdline_interact(), but this is a decent
> workaround to avoid breaking those automation scripts that rely on Ctrl+D
> behavior.
This workaround works only when disabling softnic.
It means:
1/ softnic usage is not fixed
2/ we need to disable softnic for all other usages
I think it is not good enough.
