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 E50932C6D for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:26:29 +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 64F0261B90 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:26:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25-97.bos.redhat.com (unused [10.10.52.171] (may be forged)) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uBUFQLtj031288 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:26:29 -0500 From: Aaron Conole To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:26:12 -0500 Message-Id: <1483111580-5397-16-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1483111580-5397-1-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> References: <1483111580-5397-1-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> 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 [10.5.110.39]); Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:26:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 15/23] eal: do not panic on alarm 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, 30 Dec 2016 15:26:30 -0000 rte_eal_alarm_init() call uses the linux timerfd framework to create a poll()-able timer using standard posix file operations. This could fail for a few reasons given in the man-pages, but many could be corrected by the user application. No need to panic. Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole --- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c index 3616515..ea3d50b 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -854,8 +855,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) return -1; } - if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0) - rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n"); + if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0) { + RTE_LOG (ERR, EAL, "Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n"); + /* rte_eal_alarm_init sets rte_errno on failure. */ + errno = rte_errno; + return -1; + } if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0) rte_panic("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n"); -- 2.7.4