[dpdk-dev] rte_eal_init() alternative?

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-09-02 13:56, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 12:49:40PM +0000, Montorsi, Francesco wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Currently it seems that the only way to initialize EAL is using rte_eal_init() function, correct?
> > 
> > I have the problem that rte_eal_init() will call rte_panic() whenever something fails to initialize or in other cases it will call exit().
> > In my application, I would rather like to attempt DPDK initialization. If it fails I don't want to exit.
> > Unfortunately I cannot even copy&paste the rte_eal_init() code into my application (removing rte_panic and exit calls) since it uses a lot of DPDK internal private functions.
> > 
> > I think that my requirements (avoid abort/exit calls when init fails) is a basic requirement... would you accept a patch that adds an alternative rte_eal_init() function that just returns an error code upon failure, instead of immediately exiting?
> > 
> > Thanks for your hard work!
> > 
> > Francesco Montorsi
> > 
> I, for one, would welcome such a patch. I think the code is overly quick in
> many places to panic or exit the app, when an error code would be more appropriate.
> Feel free to also look at other libraries in DPDK too, if you like :-)

Yes but please, do not create an alternative init function.
We just need to replace panic/exit with error codes and be sure that apps
and examples handle them correctly.
Thanks