[dpdk-users] PANIC in eal_thread_init_master(): cannot set affinity

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:22:13 +0000
"Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin at boeing.com> wrote:

> Getting this when I run a DPDK app. I have set Hugepages before running the
> app, but have done nothing else in terms of prepping the system. Am I missing
> something obvious?
> 
> Thanks - Fred
> 
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: EAL: TSC frequency is ~2496005 KHz
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: EAL: pthread_setaffinity_np failed
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: PANIC in eal_thread_init_master():
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: cannot set affinity
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: 7: [aerod(_start+0x29) [0x404359]]
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: 6: [/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__li
> bc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f3393119830]]
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: 5: [aerod(main+0x9d7) [0x404197]]
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: 4: [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdpdk.so
> .0(rte_eal_init+0x9ff) [0x7f33946bd57f]]
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: 3: [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdpdk.so
> .0(+0x96364) [0x7f3394716364]]
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: 2: [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdpdk.so
> .0(__rte_panic+0xd0) [0x7f339469ce18]]
> Oct 18 08:07:51 SATCOM-Proxy aerod[46]: 1: [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdpdk.so
> .0(rte_dump_stack+0x2b) [0x7f339480c40b]]

What cpuset are you passing?
Is it running in a restricted cgroup?