[dpdk-dev] DPDK User Space: Session onUseability and Ease of Use

Vincent JARDIN vincent.jardin at 6wind.com
Wed Oct 14 15:21:34 CEST 2015


On 13/10/2015 18:36, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> * Should DPDK applications be running as root
>
>    - Clearly not a great option.
>
>    - Currently required due to kernel.

It is not 100% accurate. With some systems, it shall be possible to run 
DPDK application without running them as root.

It was commented that there is a solution when PMDs are designed 
differently (verbs API => memory registration of users). Moreover, it 
would ease the cleanup of resources when a DPDK application does a segfault.



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