Hi Stephen,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 7:00 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] testpmd: call cleanup on exit
> 
> The rte_eal_cleanup code is not exercised by testpmd which is the most
> used DPDK test tool. Add a call at end of program.
> 
> This helps exercise free and close paths which can be checked with tools like
> valgrind.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
> ---
> v2 - report errors
> 
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c index
> b3746822366f..2eec8afda1ec 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
> @@ -3570,5 +3570,10 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
>                       return 1;
>       }
> 
> -     return 0;
> +     ret = rte_eal_cleanup();
> +     if (ret != 0)
> +             rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
> +                      "EAL cleanup failed: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
> +
> +     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
>  }
> --
> 2.20.1

This looks like a fix to me and is probably worth backporting, it should 
probably have a fixes line.

Regards,

Bernard.

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