[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] librte_eal: ease init in a docker container

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 22-May-19 4:41 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> move_pages() is only used to get the numa node id, but this function
> is not allowed by default in docker (it needs CAP_SYS_NICE and an update of
> the seccomp profile).
> get_mempolicy() also requires CAP_SYS_NICE but doesn't need any change in
> the default seccomp profile.
> 
> Note that the returned value of move_pages() was not checked, thus some
> errors could be hidden (if the requested id was 0).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com>
> Reviewed-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> Reviewed-by: Didier Pallard <didier.pallard at 6wind.com>
> ---

I can see the check for move_pages and it's a good fix, but what is the 
relation to docker init here? The patch by itself only enables handling 
of move_pages() failure and adds nothing else. The commit message 
doesn't match the patch in question IMO.

Also, Cc: stable and Fixes: ?

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Thanks,
Anatoly