Re: [PATCH v7] app/testpmd: monitor state of primary process when using secondary

On Fri,  8 Aug 2025 01:44:52 -0400
Khadem Ullah [off-list ref] wrote:

                 * run into use after free.
                 */
+               int ret;
                fprintf(stderr, "\nPrimary process is no longer active, exiting...\n");
+               ret = rte_eal_cleanup();
+               if (ret != 0)
+               rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+                        "EAL cleanup failed: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

No, that eal_cleanup references freed data when run in secondary.
That is the problem this is trying to solve.