[PATCH v3 2/3] eal: handle sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) negative return value

[Thomas Monjalon]

27/06/2025 18:38, Morten Brørup:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas at monjalon.net]
> > Sent: Friday, 27 June 2025 17.58
> > 
> > 24/06/2025 10:03, Morten Brørup:
> > > +		if ((ssize_t)page_size < 0)
> > > +			rte_panic("sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) failed: %s",
> > > +					errno == 0 ? "Indeterminate" :
> > strerror(errno));
> > 
> > We don't want more rte_panic().
> > You could log the problem and return 0 here.
> > It will be a problem later, but it may allow the application to cleanup
> > instead of abrupting crashing.
> 
> Disagree.
> That would be likely to cause crash with division by zero later.
> Better to fail early.

Which division by zero?

I don't think a library should take this decision on behalf of the app.