Add a check to see if the primary process is running and exit gracefully if it is not.
Suggested-by: Patrick Kutch <patrick.g.kutch at intel.com> Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan at intel.com> --- app/proc_info/main.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/app/proc_info/main.c b/app/proc_info/main.c index 6dc0bbb..ddc8cf8 100644 --- a/app/proc_info/main.c +++ b/app/proc_info/main.c @@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) argc -= ret; argv += (ret - 3); + if (!rte_eal_primary_proc_alive(NULL)) { + rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "NO PRIMARY DPDK PROCESS IS RUNNING\n"); + } + + /* parse app arguments */ ret = proc_info_parse_args(argc, argv); if (ret < 0) -- 2.4.11