Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: abstract away the auxiliary vector

2018-04-24 Thread Thomas Monjalon
11/04/2018 23:34, Thomas Monjalon: > Anyone to review, please? > > 02/04/2018 20:24, Aaron Conole: > > Rather than attempting to load the contents of the auxv directly, > > prefer to use an exposed API - and if that doesn't exist then attempt > > to load the vector. This is because on some system

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: abstract away the auxiliary vector

2018-04-11 Thread Thomas Monjalon
Anyone to review, please? 02/04/2018 20:24, Aaron Conole: > Rather than attempting to load the contents of the auxv directly, > prefer to use an exposed API - and if that doesn't exist then attempt > to load the vector. This is because on some systems, when a user > is downgraded, the /proc/self/

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: abstract away the auxiliary vector

2018-04-02 Thread Aaron Conole
Rather than attempting to load the contents of the auxv directly, prefer to use an exposed API - and if that doesn't exist then attempt to load the vector. This is because on some systems, when a user is downgraded, the /proc/self/auxv file retains the old ownership and permissions. The original