From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aaron Conole Subject: [PATCH v6 23/26] eal: do not panic (or abort) if vdev init fails Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:53:12 -0500 Message-ID: <20170228185315.12546-24-aconole@redhat.com> References: <20170227161811.12309-1-aconole@redhat.com> <20170228185315.12546-1-aconole@redhat.com> Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746612B86 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:53:31 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20170228185315.12546-1-aconole@redhat.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Seems like it's possible to continue. At least, the error is reflected properly in the logs. A user could then go and correct or investigate the situation. Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole Acked-by: Bruce Richardson --- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c index b13e1dd..ddc50f2 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) } if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0) - rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n"); + rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init pmd devices\n"); rte_eal_mcfg_complete(); -- 2.9.3