[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] eal: Don't fail secondary if primary is missing tailqs

[Jean Tourrilhes]

 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c 
b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
index bb08ec8..6960d06 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ rte_eal_tailq_update(struct rte_tailq_elem *t)
                t->head = rte_eal_tailq_create(t->name);
        } else {
                t->head = rte_eal_tailq_lookup(t->name);
+               if (t->head != NULL)
+                       rte_tailqs_count++;
        }
 }

@@ -188,9 +190,16 @@ rte_eal_tailqs_init(void)
                if (t->head == NULL) {
                        RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
                                "Cannot initialize tailq: %s\n", t->name);
-                       /* no need to TAILQ_REMOVE, we are going to panic in
-                        * rte_eal_init() */
-                       goto fail;
+                       if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+                               /* no need to TAILQ_REMOVE, we are going
+                                * to panic in rte_eal_init() */
+                               goto fail;
+                       } else {
+                               /* This means our list of constructor is
+                                * no the same as primary. Just remove
+                                * that missing tailq and continue */
+                               TAILQ_REMOVE(&rte_tailq_elem_head, t, next);
+                       }
                }
        }