> From: Qiu, Michael > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: add function to check if primary proc > alive > > So secondary will waste a whole lcore to do such polling?
Not really, the secondary process will need some CPU, however it can sleep so it doesn't have to use 100% of it. It shouldn't be run on a core that is used by the primary for packet-forwarding though - that will impact performance. -Harry
