If we fail to acquire hugepage information, simply signal an error to the application. This clears the run_once counter, allowing the user or application to take a corrective action and retry.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com> --- lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c index ea7a4e4..f139558 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -780,8 +780,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs == 0 && internal_config.process_type != RTE_PROC_SECONDARY && internal_config.xen_dom0_support == 0 && - eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0) - rte_panic("Cannot get hugepage information\n"); + eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0) { + RTE_LOG (ERR, EAL, "Cannot get hugepage information\n"); + rte_errno = EACCES; + rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once); + return -1; + } if (internal_config.memory == 0 && internal_config.force_sockets == 0) { if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs) -- 2.7.4