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 C72423B5 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:48:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) (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 1FFB33A7693 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:48:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25-97.bos.redhat.com (ovpn-117-179.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.117.179]) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v0RFmaLP029569 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:48:38 -0500 From: Aaron Conole To: dev@dpdk.org References: <1485529023-5486-1-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:48:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1485529023-5486-1-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> (Aaron Conole's message of "Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:56:38 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.27 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.29]); Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:48:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/24] linux/eal: Remove most causes of panic on 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: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:48:40 -0000 Aaron Conole writes: > In many cases, it's enough to simply let the application know that the > call to initialize DPDK has failed. A complete halt can then be > decided by the application based on error returned (and the app could > even attempt a possible re-attempt after some corrective action by the > user or application). > I got some emails about checkpatch issues for style. I guess I have none :( I'll fix these all up and resubmit a v2 next week.