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 25f8ae8..5534b4b 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c @@ -831,8 +831,12 @@ 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