From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C331F2E81 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:18:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A71F3B74F; Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25-97.bos.redhat.com (dhcp-25-172.bos.redhat.com [10.18.25.172]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v1RGICJs003061; Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:18:20 -0500 From: Aaron Conole To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Bruce Richardson Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:17:59 -0500 Message-Id: <20170227161811.12309-15-aconole@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20170227161811.12309-1-aconole@redhat.com> References: <20170225160309.31270-1-aconole@redhat.com> <20170227161811.12309-1-aconole@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.30]); Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 14/26] eal: do not panic on tailq init X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:18:21 -0000 There are some theoretical racy conditions in the system that _could_ cause early tailq init to fail; however, no need to panic the application. While it can't continue using DPDK, it could make better alerts to the user. Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole --- lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c | 3 +-- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c index bb08ec8..4f69828 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c @@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ rte_eal_tailqs_init(void) if (t->head == NULL) { RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot initialize tailq: %s\n", t->name); - /* no need to TAILQ_REMOVE, we are going to panic in - * rte_eal_init() */ + /* TAILQ_REMOVE not needed, error is already fatal */ goto fail; } } diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c index 799f5f6..e0767c0 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -863,8 +863,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) return -1; } - if (rte_eal_tailqs_init() < 0) - rte_panic("Cannot init tail queues for objects\n"); + if (rte_eal_tailqs_init() < 0) { + RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot init tail queues for objects\n"); + rte_errno = EFAULT; + return -1; + } if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0) rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n"); -- 2.9.3