mem: fix hugepage mapping error messages

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / linuxapp / eal / eal.c

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 3f4dff2..81264a2 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ rte_eal_config_attach(void)
        mem_config = (struct rte_mem_config *) mmap(NULL, sizeof(*mem_config),
                        PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, mem_cfg_fd, 0);
        if (mem_config == MAP_FAILED)
-               rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config\n");
+               rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config! error %i (%s)\n",
+                         errno, strerror(errno));
 
        rte_config.mem_config = mem_config;
 }
@@ -264,9 +265,17 @@ rte_eal_config_reattach(void)
        mem_config = (struct rte_mem_config *) mmap(rte_mem_cfg_addr,
                        sizeof(*mem_config), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
                        mem_cfg_fd, 0);
+       if (mem_config == MAP_FAILED || mem_config != rte_mem_cfg_addr) {
+               if (mem_config != MAP_FAILED)
+                       /* errno is stale, don't use */
+                       rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config at [%p], got [%p]"
+                                 " - please use '--base-virtaddr' option\n",
+                                 rte_mem_cfg_addr, mem_config);
+               else
+                       rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config! error %i (%s)\n",
+                                 errno, strerror(errno));
+       }
        close(mem_cfg_fd);
-       if (mem_config == MAP_FAILED || mem_config != rte_mem_cfg_addr)
-               rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config\n");
 
        rte_config.mem_config = mem_config;
 }