[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/7] malloc: introduce malloc is ready API

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

2021-10-20 01:01 (UTC+0300), Dmitry Kozlyuk:
> 2021-10-20 00:05 (UTC+0530), Harman Kalra:
> [...]
> >  static unsigned
> >  check_hugepage_sz(unsigned flags, uint64_t hugepage_sz)
> >  {
> > @@ -1328,6 +1330,7 @@ rte_eal_malloc_heap_init(void)
> >  {
> >  	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
> >  	unsigned int i;
> > +	int ret;
> >  	const struct internal_config *internal_conf =
> >  		eal_get_internal_configuration();
> >  
> > @@ -1369,5 +1372,16 @@ rte_eal_malloc_heap_init(void)
> >  		return 0;  
> 
> A secondary process exits here...
> 
> >  	/* add all IOVA-contiguous areas to the heap */
> > -	return rte_memseg_contig_walk(malloc_add_seg, NULL);
> > +	ret = rte_memseg_contig_walk(malloc_add_seg, NULL);
> > +
> > +	if (ret == 0)
> > +		malloc_ready = true;  
> 
> ...and never knows that malloc is ready.
> But malloc is always ready for a secondary process.

That is, before returning 0 above for a secondary process
malloc_ready should be set unconditionally.