eal: check if primary process is alive

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_16_04.rst

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   Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
 
+* **Added function to check primary process state.**
+
+  A new function ``rte_eal_primary_proc_alive()`` has been added
+  to allow the user to detect if a primary process is running.
+  Use cases for this feature include fault detection, and monitoring
+  using secondary processes.
+
 * **Enabled bulk allocation of mbufs.**
 
   A new function ``rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk()`` has been added to allow the user