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FEATURE: DPDK KEEP ALIVE (KA)

Deliverable: DPDK Keep Alive Sample App on Guest (A simple forwarding app with DPDK KA functionality)
Description: Development activity to support detection of ‘failed’ DPDK cores and notification to a HA/SA middleware. The purpose is to detect Packet Processing Core fails (e.g. infinite loop) and ensure the failure of the core does not result in a fault that is not detectable by a management entity.
Functional Requirements:
- Runs on the Guest.
- Runs on the Host.
- Configurable timeouts.
- Measures detection time.
- Has a hook function where HA/SA middleware can hook in for fault management notifications.
Performance Requirements: Does NOT impact performance.
Targeted DPDK release: DPDK 2.2 (November 30th 2015)

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