[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: enable windows apps to run on non-admin users

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 26-Oct-20 6:44 PM, Pallavi Kadam wrote:
> Currently, since there is no runtime directory set, the code tries to
> create a file in C:\ which is only writable with administrator
> privileges. As a result, if the user is not admin, the application will
> fail.
> So, forcing no_shconf to 1 to prevent the code having to create files in
> the runtime directory.
> 
> Suggested-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>
> ---
>   lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c
> index 6334aca03..105549de1 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/eal.c
> @@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>   		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "Multi-process support is requested, "
>   			"but not available.\n");
>   		internal_conf->in_memory = 1;
> +		internal_conf->no_shconf = 1;
>   	}
>   
>   	if (!internal_conf->no_hugetlbfs && (eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0)) {
> 

This is the correct way, as in-memory implies no_shconf. I would like to 
deprecate noshconf option as it's a subset of what in-memory does.

Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly