rte_bus_probe() doesn't return error. As a result rte_eal_init() doesn't catch this error and thus making dpdk initialization successful despite probe failing for devices.
This patch returns error if probe fails for any of device. Signed-off-by: Nitin Katiyar <nitin.kati...@ericsson.com> --- lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c index baa5b53..1721179 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c @@ -70,16 +70,20 @@ } ret = bus->probe(); - if (ret) + if (ret) { RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Bus (%s) probe failed.\n", bus->name); + return ret; + } } if (vbus) { ret = vbus->probe(); - if (ret) + if (ret) { RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Bus (%s) probe failed.\n", vbus->name); + return ret; + } } return 0; -- 1.9.1