[dpdk-dev] rte_eal_init() alternative?

[Jay Rolette]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com
> wrote:

> 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 :-)
>
> Regards,
> /Bruce
>

+1