When initializing the interrupt thread, there are a number of possible
reasons for failure - some of which are correctable by the application.
Do not panic() needlessly, and give the application a change to reflect
this information to the user.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com>
---
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 81085d5..b4ae845 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -894,8 +894,10 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id, cpuset,
ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
- if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0)
- rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+ if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0) {
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
if (rte_bus_scan())
rte_panic("Cannot scan the buses for devices\n");
--
2.9.3
