[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/25] eal: do not panic on memory init

[Aaron Conole]

This can only happen when access to hugepages (either as primary or
secondary process) fails (and that is usually permissions).  Since the
manner of failure is not reversible, we cannot allow retry.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c 
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index cfeefad..d20ac37 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -839,8 +839,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
        }
 #endif
 
-       if (rte_eal_memory_init() < 0)
-               rte_panic("Cannot init memory\n");
+       if (rte_eal_memory_init() < 0) {
+               RTE_LOG (ERR, EAL, "Cannot init memory\n");
+               rte_errno = EACCES;
+               return -1;
+       }
 
        /* the directories are locked during eal_hugepage_info_init */
        eal_hugedirs_unlock();
-- 
2.7.4