Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] eal/linux: Add support for handling built-in kernel modules

[Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>]

On 12/07/2015 10:55 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 19:36:05 +0100
> Kamil Rytarowski <Kamil.Rytarowski@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
>
>> +	/* Check if there is sysfs mounted */
>> +	if (stat("/sys/module", &st) != 0) {
>> +		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Open /sys/module failed: %s\n",
>> +			strerror(errno));
>>   		return -1;
>>   	}
>
> This check is useless.
> If /sys/module does not exist then /sys/module/XXX won't exist either.

Yes, but non-mounted sysfs is an error whereas /sys/module/XXX is merely 
an existence test, and the current sole caller in pci_vfio_enable() even 
bothers checking for the difference. So its perhaps a bit academic but 
its not incorrect.

At any rate, the debug messages are incorrect/misleading. It's certainly 
not trying to *open* these directories so it should not claim to do so.

	- Panu -