[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 18/32] net/dpaa2: introducing dpaa2 pmd driver

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Tue Dec 6 22:08:05 CET 2016


2016-12-06 19:49, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 12/4/2016 6:17 PM, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
> > +	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
> > +		eth_dev->data->dev_private = rte_zmalloc(
> > +						"ethdev private structure",
> > +						eth_drv->dev_private_size,
> > +						RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
> > +		if (eth_dev->data->dev_private == NULL)
> > +			rte_panic("Cannot allocate memzone for private port"
> > +				  " data\n");
> 
> Should this error kill all app, or return an error for this PMD that is
> probed.

It cannot be a question :)
rte_panic() inside libs or drivers is forbidden (and existing ones must
be removed).


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