[dpdk-dev] Calling rte_eal_init multiple times in the same process

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hello,

2014-04-17 09:09, Tomas Vestelind:
> The problem I'm facing is that I need to do rte_eal_init serveral times in
> the same process. The reason for this is mostly architectural as we want to
> divide certain functionality in to different, implementation independent,
> modules in which DPDK would be used for different purposes. Thus we would
> need to eventually call rte_eal_init several times because we can't say for
> sure if it has been called by another module or not.
> 
> While thinking about it I saw no good, existing solution to this (I might
> have missed it though). Would returning a "DPDK has already been
> initialized" error code in rte_eal_init be a good way to go about it? I
> haven't done this yet but I could probably provide a patch if it's
> interesting.

Don't hesitate to submit a patch. It's far easier to discuss on a patch basis.
If your patch fill your need and nobody complains about it, it will be 
accepted.

-- 
Thomas