[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eal: load libraries before creating threads

[Damien Millescamps]

We want the threads to inherit any property that could be set while
loading a plugin, such as iopl().

Signed-off-by: Damien Millescamps <damien.millescamps at 6wind.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c |   24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c 
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 8ef5671..8cb3f69 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -687,6 +687,18 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
        if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
                rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");

+       TAILQ_FOREACH(solib, &solib_list, next) {
+               solib->lib_handle = dlopen(solib->name, RTLD_NOW);
+               if ((solib->lib_handle == NULL) && (solib->name[0] != '/')) {
+                       /* relative path: try again with "./" prefix */
+                       char sopath[PATH_MAX];
+                       snprintf(sopath, sizeof(sopath), "./%s", solib->name);
+                       solib->lib_handle = dlopen(sopath, RTLD_NOW);
+               }
+               if (solib->lib_handle == NULL)
+                       RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "%s\n", dlerror());
+       }
+
        RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%x)\n",
                rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id);

@@ -712,18 +724,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)

        eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);

-       TAILQ_FOREACH(solib, &solib_list, next) {
-               solib->lib_handle = dlopen(solib->name, RTLD_NOW);
-               if ((solib->lib_handle == NULL) && (solib->name[0] != '/')) {
-                       /* relative path: try again with "./" prefix */
-                       char sopath[PATH_MAX];
-                       snprintf(sopath, sizeof(sopath), "./%s", solib->name);
-                       solib->lib_handle = dlopen(sopath, RTLD_NOW);
-               }
-               if (solib->lib_handle == NULL)
-                       RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "%s\n", dlerror());
-       }
-
        return fctret;
 }

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