[dpdk-dev] rte_eal_init() alternative?

[Zoltan Kiss]

On 02/09/15 15:08, Jay Rolette wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com
>> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 12:49:40PM +0000, Montorsi, Francesco wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Currently it seems that the only way to initialize EAL is using
>> rte_eal_init() function, correct?
>>>
>>> I have the problem that rte_eal_init() will call rte_panic() whenever
>> something fails to initialize or in other cases it will call exit().
>>> In my application, I would rather like to attempt DPDK initialization.
>> If it fails I don't want to exit.
>>> Unfortunately I cannot even copy&paste the rte_eal_init() code into my
>> application (removing rte_panic and exit calls) since it uses a lot of DPDK
>> internal private functions.
>>>
>>> I think that my requirements (avoid abort/exit calls when init fails) is
>> a basic requirement... would you accept a patch that adds an alternative
>> rte_eal_init() function that just returns an error code upon failure,
>> instead of immediately exiting?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your hard work!
>>>
>>> Francesco Montorsi
>>>
>> I, for one, would welcome such a patch. I think the code is overly quick in
>> many places to panic or exit the app, when an error code would be more
>> appropriate.
>> Feel free to also look at other libraries in DPDK too, if you like :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> /Bruce
>>
>
> +1
>

+1