When log initialization fails, it's generally because the fopencookie failed. While this is rare in practice, it could happen, and it is likely because of memory pressure. So, flag the error, and allow the user to 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 beb786e..25f8ae8 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -824,8 +824,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) rte_config_init(); - if (rte_eal_log_init(logid, internal_config.syslog_facility) < 0) - rte_panic("Cannot init logs\n"); + if (rte_eal_log_init(logid, internal_config.syslog_facility) < 0) { + rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init logging."); + rte_errno = ENOMEM; + rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once); + return -1; + } if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0) rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n"); -- 2.9.3