Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: move runtime dir creation after args parse

["Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>]

On 15-May-18 12:36 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> On 05/15/2018 01:44 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
>> The intention of the original code was to create runtime data
>> directory as early as possible, however it was moved too early,
>> before the arguments were parsed, resulting in --file-prefix
>> option essentially not working.
>>
>> Fix this by moving eal_create_runtime_dir() to after command
>> line arguments parsing.
>>
>> Fixes: 56236363b481 ("eal: add directory for runtime data")
>>
>> Reported-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> 
> Tested-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
> 
> I've tested it quickly and it solves the problem I observe.
> I suppose it is OK that the directory remains after application exit.
> 

Previously, all of the files that we were creating during runtime 
remained, so having a directory where all the files are is better than 
having a scattering of files :)

Thanks for testing!

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly