Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: parse args before any kinds of init

[Wang Sheng-Hui <shhuiw@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Thomas.



2014-04-18 5:58 GMT+08:00 Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>:

> Hi,
>
> 2014-04-15 11:03, Wang Sheng-Hui:
> > Parse args first, to resolve any invalid args and give out the usage
> string.
> > E.g './helloworld --invalid', the '--invalid' will be checked before any
> > init. After the options are checked, take any init actions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Sheng-Hui <shhuiw@gmail.com>
> [...]
> > +       fctret = eal_parse_args(argc, argv);
> > +       if (fctret < 0)
> > +               exit(1);
> > +
> >         if (rte_eal_log_early_init() < 0)
> >                 rte_panic("Cannot init early logs\n");
> >
> >         if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0)
> >                 rte_panic("Cannot detect lcores\n");
> >
> > -       fctret = eal_parse_args(argc, argv);
> > -       if (fctret < 0)
> > -               exit(1);
> > -
>
> Thank you for trying to improve this part.
>
> I think you cannot move eal_parse_args before rte_eal_log_early_init
> because
> eal_parse_args uses RTE_LOG.
> I cannot see why rte_eal_cpu_init is call before argument parsing but we
> should double check it.
>
> --
> Thomas
>