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 A0878F962 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2017 15:30:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx16.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 109DB7FB8E; Thu, 9 Feb 2017 14:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25-97.bos.redhat.com (unknown [10.10.123.29]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2117784D1A; Thu, 9 Feb 2017 14:30:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Aaron Conole To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Bruce Richardson Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 09:29:33 -0500 Message-Id: <20170209142953.8167-6-aconole@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20170209142953.8167-1-aconole@redhat.com> References: <20170208185142.28678-1-aconole@redhat.com> <20170209142953.8167-1-aconole@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.74 on 10.5.11.28 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.25]); Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/25] eal: failure to parse args returns error 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: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:30:02 -0000 It's possible that the application could take a corrective action here, and either prompt the user for different arguments, or at least perform a better logging. Exiting this early prevents any useful information gathering from the application layer. Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole --- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c index 8daa2be..a626774 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -774,8 +774,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) } fctret = eal_parse_args(argc, argv); - if (fctret < 0) - exit(1); + if (fctret < 0) { + RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Invalid 'command line' arguments\n"); + rte_errno = EINVAL; + rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once); + return -1; + } if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs == 0 && internal_config.process_type != RTE_PROC_SECONDARY && -- 2.9.3