This will usually be an issue because of permissions. However, it could also be caused by OOM. In either case, errno will contain the underlying cause. It is safe to re-init the system here, so allow the application to take corrective action and reinit.
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 9bb00d5..2a3d2f6 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -826,8 +826,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) return -1; } - if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0) - rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n"); + if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0) { + RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot init PCI\n"); + rte_errno = EUNATCH; + rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once); + return -1; + } #ifdef VFIO_PRESENT if (rte_eal_vfio_setup() < 0) -- 2.9.3