[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 16/25] eal: convert timer_init not to call panic

Aaron Conole aconole at redhat.com
Fri Jan 27 15:56:54 CET 2017


After code inspection, there is no way for eal_timer_init() to fail.  It
simply returns 0 in all cases.  As such, this test could either go-away
or stay here as 'future-proofing'.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 122d9c2..bd1863d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -868,8 +868,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG (ERR, EAL, "Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
 
-- 
2.7.4



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