[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] eal: add additional info if core list too long

[David Hunt]

On 21/9/2021 12:57 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:50:14PM +0100, David Hunt wrote:
>> If the user requests to use an lcore above 128 using -l,
>> the eal will exit with "EAL: invalid core list syntax" and
>> very little else useful information.
>>
>> THis patch adds some extra information suggesting to use --lcores
>> so that physical cores above RTE_MAX_LCORE (default 128) can be
>> used. This is achieved by using the --lcores option by mapping
>> the logical cores in the application to physical cores.
>>
>> There is no change in functionalty, just additional messages
>> suggesting how the --lcores option might be used for the supplied
>> list of lcores. For example, if "-l 12-16,130,132" is used, we
>> see the following additional output on the command line:
>>
>> EAL: Error = One of the 7 cores provided exceeds RTE_MAX_LCORE (128)
>> EAL: Please use --lcores instead, e.g.
> Minor suggestion: it would be good to clarify how to use lcores and what is
> happening here in the example. Something like: "Please use --lcores
> instead, to map lower lcore ids onto higher-numbered cores", could help the
> user understand better what is happening.


Hi Bruce, how about:

EAL: Please use --lcores to map logical cores onto cores > RTE_LCORE_MAX 
,e.g. --lcores 0 at 12,1 at 13,2 at 14,3 at 15,4 at 16,5 at 130,6 at 132

Rgds,
Dave.



>
>>       --lcores 0 at 12,1 at 13,2 at 14,3 at 15,4 at 16,5 at 130,6 at 132
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt at intel.com>
> With some more info to help the user:
>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>