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 3A7C55A44 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2017 17:03:14 +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 A84794E4D2; Sat, 25 Feb 2017 16:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-25-97.bos.redhat.com (unknown [10.10.120.10]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25F082D655; Sat, 25 Feb 2017 16:03:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Aaron Conole To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Bruce Richardson Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:02:48 -0500 Message-Id: <20170225160309.31270-6-aconole@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20170225160309.31270-1-aconole@redhat.com> References: <20170209142953.8167-1-aconole@redhat.com> <20170225160309.31270-1-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 [10.5.110.38]); Sat, 25 Feb 2017 16:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/26] 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: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 16:03:14 -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 c76ed94..0f682e1 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -780,8 +780,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) } fctret = eal_parse_args(argc, argv); - if (fctret < 0) - exit(1); + if (fctret < 0) { + rte_eal_init_alert("Invalid 'command line' arguments."); + 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