added poller skeleton

udpdk/Makefile

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ UDPDK_C= ${CC} -c $(DPDK_CFLAGS) ${CFLAGS} ${WERROR} $<
 
 UDPDK_SRCS+=         \
 	udpdk_syscall.c  \
-	udpdk_init.c
+	udpdk_init.c     \
+	udpdk_poller.c
 
 SRCS= ${UDPDK_SRCS}
 

udpdk/udpdk_init.c

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 // Created by leoll2 on 9/25/20.
 // Copyright (c) 2020 Leonardo Lai. All rights reserved.
 //
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
@@ -15,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "udpdk_api.h"
 #include "udpdk_constants.h"
+#include "udpdk_poller.h"
 
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_INIT RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
 
@@ -40,6 +47,8 @@ struct exch_slot *exch_slots = NULL;
 
 static struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool;
 
+static pid_t poller_pid;
+
 // TODO move to a utility file
 enum exch_ring_func {EXCH_RING_RX, EXCH_RING_TX};
 
@@ -227,11 +236,16 @@ static int init_exchange_slots(void)
     return 0;
 }
 
-/* Initialize DPDK */
+/* Initialize UDPDK */
 int udpdk_init(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int retval;
 
+    // Start the secondary process
+    poller_pid = fork();
+    if (poller_pid != 0) {
+        // application
+
         // Initialize EAL (returns how many arguments it consumed)
         retval = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
         if (retval < 0) {
@@ -280,14 +294,42 @@ int udpdk_init(int argc, char *argv[])
             return -1;
         }
         // TODO initialize shared structures
-
-    // TODO start the secondary process
+    } else {
+        // child -> packet poller
+        // TODO the arguments should come from a config rather than being hardcoded
+        int poller_argc = 6;
+        char *poller_argv[6] = {
+                "./testapp",
+                "-l",
+                "3-4",
+                "-n",
+                "2",
+                "--proc-type=secondary"
+        };
+        sleep(1);   // TODO use some synchronization mechanism between primary and secondary
+        if (poller_init(poller_argc, poller_argv) < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        poller_body();
+    }
+    // The parent process (application) returns immediately from init; instead, poller doesn't till it dies (or error)
     return 0;
 }
 
 void udpdk_cleanup(void)
 {
     uint16_t port_id;
+    pid_t pid;
+
+    // Kill the poller process
+    RTE_LOG(INFO, INIT, "Killing the poller process (%d)...\n", poller_pid);
+    kill(poller_pid, SIGTERM);
+    pid = waitpid(poller_pid, NULL, 0);
+    if (pid < 0) {
+        RTE_LOG(WARNING, INIT, "Failed killing the poller process\n");
+    } else {
+        RTE_LOG(INFO, INIT, "...killed!\n");
+    }
 
     // Stop and close DPDK ports
     RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(port_id) {

udpdk/udpdk_poller.c

+//
+// Created by leoll2 on 9/27/20.
+// Copyright (c) 2020 Leonardo Lai. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_ring.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+
+static volatile int poller_alive = 1;
+
+/* Poller signal handler */
+static void poller_sighandler(int sig)
+{
+    printf("Poller: received request to stop\n");
+    poller_alive = 0;
+}
+
+/* Initialize UDPDK packet poller (runs in a separate process) */
+int poller_init(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int retval;
+
+    // Initialize EAL
+    if ((retval = rte_eal_init(argc, argv)) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    // Setup signals for termination
+    signal(SIGINT, poller_sighandler);
+    signal(SIGTERM, poller_sighandler);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Packet polling routine */
+void poller_body(void)
+{
+    while (poller_alive) {
+        printf("Poller: main body\n");
+        sleep(1);
+    }
+    // Exit directly to avoid returning in the application main (as we forked)
+    exit(0);
+}
\ No newline at end of file

udpdk/udpdk_poller.h

+//
+// Created by leoll2 on 9/27/20.
+// Copyright (c) 2020 Leonardo Lai. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#ifndef UDPDK_POLLER_H
+#define UDPDK_POLLER_H
+
+int poller_init(int argc, char *argv[]);
+
+void poller_body(void);
+
+#endif //UDPDK_POLLER_H