dpdk_setup_ports.py: fix add of help in case of "t-rex-64 --help"

dpdk_setup_ports.py: fix warning of TRex is already running if different NICs are being used
singleton_daemon.py: fix error socket in use immediately after check if in use
trex-console: fix crash in case of "tui --help"
trex-console: try-catch commands instead of crashing
add async notification on port status/atttibutes change
add port xstats support
add description of interfaces
main_dpdk.cpp: fix --client_cfg not working with Python API

Signed-off-by: Yaroslav Brustinov <ybrustin@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/stl/trex_stl_lib/utils/common.py b/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/stl/trex_stl_lib/utils/common.py
index 638684c3..0214d7d7 100644
--- a/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/stl/trex_stl_lib/utils/common.py
+++ b/scripts/automation/trex_control_plane/stl/trex_stl_lib/utils/common.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def user_input():
         return raw_input()
 
 
-def random_id_gen(length=8):
+def random_id_gen_unsafe(length=8):
     """
     A generator for creating a random chars id of specific length
 
@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ def random_id_gen(length=8):
             return_id += random.choice(id_chars)
         yield return_id
 
+
+class random_id_gen:
+    """ Thread safe version of random_id_gen_unsafe """
+    def __init__(self, length=8):
+        self.id_chars = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
+        self.length = length
+
+    def next(self):
+        return ''.join(random.choice(self.id_chars) for _ in range(self.length))
+
+    __next__ = next
+
+
 # try to get number from input, return None in case of fail
 def get_number(input):
     try: