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 778462B86 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:53:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) (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 EE272C04B93B; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25-97.bos.redhat.com ([10.18.25.172]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v1SIrHWU019326; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:53:28 -0500 From: Aaron Conole To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Bruce Richardson Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:53:07 -0500 Message-Id: <20170228185315.12546-19-aconole@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20170228185315.12546-1-aconole@redhat.com> References: <20170227161811.12309-1-aconole@redhat.com> <20170228185315.12546-1-aconole@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.24 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 18/26] eal: do not panic on interrupt thread 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: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:53:28 -0000 When initializing the interrupt thread, there are a number of possible reasons for failure - some of which are correctable by the application. Do not panic() needlessly, and give the application a change to reflect this information to the user. Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole Acked-by: Bruce Richardson --- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c index 73a7d38..d174ad4 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -894,8 +894,10 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id, cpuset, ret == 0 ? "" : "..."); - if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0) - rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n"); + if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0) { + rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n"); + return -1; + } if (rte_bus_scan()) rte_panic("Cannot scan the buses for devices\n"); -- 2.9.3