> Since release 1.7.1 and patchset "tailq fully local", the test
> eal_flags_autotest doesn't work anymore. It fails because it doesn't
> find any free hugepage (rte_memzone_reserve).
>
> The interesting commits are:
> http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=e3f3b68c6e42
> http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=dd0024ccbc70
> The test works only when these patches are reverted.
>
> Here is how to reproduce:
> git revert e3f3b68c6e42
> git revert dd0024ccbc70
> make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> make
> mkdir -p /mnt/huge
> mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge
> echo 9 >
> /sys/devices/system/node/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
> build/app/test -c 1 -n 1 -m 1
> eal_flags_autotest
>
> I'd like this regression to be fixed for the coming release.
> If someone has an idea, he's welcome :)
Thanks to Anatoly, it's now fixed:
http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=b600409890
--
Thomas
