On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:58:52 +0000 Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com> wrote:
> >> > >> Why not fix the misbehaving drivers, instead of working around for > >> softnic, as Stephen suggested? > >> > >> Is there a list of problematic drivers? > >> > > > > Ferruh, I think this is not a reasonable request. We don't have the > > expertise to fix all drivers, not the hardware to test all drivers. > > > > Please don't make it over dramatic ;), this is not about having > expertise in all drivers or having their hardware to test. > > You claim some drivers does free up their resources on stop() and > continue to polling from them cause segfault. Action is move resource > free from stop() to close(). > > And my intention was not request a fix from you, if you have any > particular misbehaving drivers, I can facilitate a fix from those driver > maintainers. > Eventually drivers freeing resources in stop() is a bigger problem and > can hit other applications too, this is not just testpmd problem. Lets all work together to resolve this. I and others are willing to review and fix drivers you identify as problematic. If this is a common problem, ideally we can update CI infrastructure to test shutdown and resource issues more thoroughly via ASAN builds etc.
