eal: set iopl only when needed

There is no need for ioport access for applications that won't use virtio pmds.
Make rte_eal_iopl_init() non-static so that it is called from pmds that need it.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie@intel.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index ae21e28..c40a59a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ int rte_eal_has_hugepages(void)
 }
 
 /* Abstraction for port I/0 privilege */
-static int
+int
 rte_eal_iopl_init(void)
 {
        int fd = -1;
@@ -551,9 +551,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
        rte_config_init();
 
-       if (rte_eal_iopl_init() == 0)
-               rte_config.flags |= EAL_FLG_HIGH_IOPL;
-
        if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0)
                rte_panic("Cannot detect lcores\n");
 

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
index 273da9a..8d39cba 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ struct rte_config {
        struct rte_mem_config *mem_config;
 } __attribute__((__packed__));
 
-/* Flag definitions for rte_config flags */
-#define EAL_FLG_HIGH_IOPL 1 /**< indicates high IO privilege in a linux env */
-
 /**
  * Get the global configuration structure.
  *
@@ -118,6 +115,17 @@ enum rte_lcore_role_t rte_eal_lcore_role(unsigned lcore_id);
  */
 enum rte_proc_type_t rte_eal_process_type(void);
 
+/**
+ * Request iopl privilege for all RPL.
+ *
+ * This function should be called by pmds which need access to ioports.
+
+ * @return
+ *   - On success, returns 0.
+ *   - On failure, returns -1.
+ */
+int rte_eal_iopl_init(void);
+
 /**
  * Initialize the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL).
  *

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 6c8e760..7a1d087 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@
 
 #define SOCKET_MEM_STRLEN (RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES * 10)
 
-#define HIGHEST_RPL 3
-
 /* Allow the application to print its usage message too if set */
 static rte_usage_hook_t        rte_application_usage_hook = NULL;
 
@@ -755,10 +753,12 @@ rte_eal_mcfg_complete(void)
 /*
  * Request iopl privilege for all RPL, returns 0 on success
  */
-static int
+int
 rte_eal_iopl_init(void)
 {
-       return iopl(HIGHEST_RPL);
+       if (iopl(3) != 0)
+               return -1;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /* Launch threads, called at application init(). */
@@ -820,9 +820,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
        rte_config_init();
 
-       if (rte_eal_iopl_init() == 0)
-               rte_config.flags |= EAL_FLG_HIGH_IOPL;
-
        if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
                rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
 

diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index 3344ffb..19930c0 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -736,12 +736,6 @@ eth_virtio_dev_init(__rte_unused struct eth_driver *eth_drv,
                return -1;
        }
 
-       if (!(rte_eal_get_configuration()->flags & EAL_FLG_HIGH_IOPL)) {
-               PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR,
-                       "IOPL call failed in EAL init - cannot use virtio PMD driver\n");
-               return -1;
-       }
-
        eth_dev->dev_ops = &virtio_eth_dev_ops;
        eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &virtio_xmit_pkts;
 
@@ -896,8 +890,14 @@ static struct eth_driver rte_virtio_pmd = {
  * Returns 0 on success.
  */
 static int
-rte_virtio_pmd_init(const char *name __rte_unused, const char *param __rte_unused)
+rte_virtio_pmd_init(const char *name __rte_unused,
+                   const char *param __rte_unused)
 {
+       if (rte_eal_iopl_init() != 0) {
+               PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "IOPL call failed - cannot use virtio PMD");
+               return -1;
+       }
+
        rte_eth_driver_register(&rte_virtio_pmd);
        return 0;
 }