eal: do not panic on interrupt thread init

[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 9fb5421..ecf567a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -890,8 +890,10 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
                rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id, cpuset,
                ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
 
-       if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0)
-               rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+       if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0) {
+               rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
 
        if (rte_bus_scan())
                rte_panic("Cannot scan the buses for devices\n");