> > lcores that are set in coremask should be checked against lcores detected > > on system. This way, we won't need to check them later. > > > > Besides, if specifying an unavailable lcore, we currently panic in > > eal_thread_loop() because pthread_setaffinity_np fails. > > So this check will return an error with a more explicit message in > > eal_parse_coremask(). > > > > "EAL: pthread_setaffinity_np failed > > > > PANIC in eal_thread_loop(): > > cannot set affinity" > > > > becomes : > > > > "EAL: lcore 4 unavailable > > > > EAL: invalid coremask" > > > > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at 6wind.com> > > Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>
Applied for version 1.6.0r2. Thanks for this nice usability improvement -- Thomas
