[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] librte_eal: ease init in a docker container

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 22-May-19 5:08 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> 
> Le 22/05/2019 à 17:57, Burakov, Anatoly a écrit :
>> On 22-May-19 4:41 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>>> move_pages() is only used to get the numa node id, but this function
>>> is not allowed by default in docker (it needs CAP_SYS_NICE and an update of
>>> the seccomp profile).
>>> get_mempolicy() also requires CAP_SYS_NICE but doesn't need any change in
>>> the default seccomp profile.
>>>
>>> Note that the returned value of move_pages() was not checked, thus some
>>> errors could be hidden (if the requested id was 0).
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Didier Pallard <didier.pallard at 6wind.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> I can see the check for move_pages and it's a good fix, but what is the relation
>> to docker init here? The patch by itself only enables handling of move_pages()
>> failure and adds nothing else. The commit message doesn't match the patch in
>> question IMO.
> I'm not sure to understand your comment. The call to move_pages() is replaced by
> a call to get_mempolicy().
> What am I missing?
> 

Oh, apologies, i misread the patch. It is i who was missing something :)

> 
> Regards,
> Nicolas
> 


-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly