On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 15:15:17 +0100
Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarg...@6wind.com> wrote:
> Glue object files are looked up in RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH by default when
> set and should be installed in this directory.
>
> During startup, EAL attempts to load them automatically like other
> plug-ins found there. While normally harmless, dlopen() fails when
> rdma-core is not installed, EAL interprets this as a fatal error and
> terminates the application.
>
> This patch requests glue objects to be installed in a different
> directory to prevent their automatic loading by EAL since they are
> PMD helpers, not actual DPDK plug-ins.
>
> Fixes: f6242d0655cd ("net/mlx: make rdma-core glue path configurable")
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
>
> Reported-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredae...@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarg...@6wind.com>
Tested-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredae...@redhat.com>
Tested with and without libibverbs installed and with an old version of
libibverbs installed and it works like it should.
