[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 12/14] eal: do not panic if vdev init fails

[Aaron Conole]

Even if one vdev should fail, there's no need to prevent further
processing.  Log the error, and reflect it to the higher levels to
decide.

Seems like it's possible to continue.  At least, the error is reflected
properly in the logs.  A user could then go and correct or investigate
the situation.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c        | 2 +-
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c | 5 +++--
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index 75ddf31..ce10f81 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
 
 	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
index 4f3b493..9889997 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ int
 rte_eal_dev_init(void)
 {
 	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Note that the dev_driver_list is populated here
@@ -97,11 +98,11 @@ rte_eal_dev_init(void)
 					devargs->args)) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "failed to initialize %s device\n",
 					devargs->virt.drv_name);
-			return -1;
+			ret = -1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char *devargs)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 354d0d8..8abc1c6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
 
 	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
 
-- 
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