2016-06-27 17:58, Olivier Matz: > This reverts commit 593a084afc2b441895aeca78a2c4465e450d0ef5. > > Since recently [1], it is not possible to run the dpdk with > non-root privileges and the --no-huge option. This is because the eal > layer tries to lock the memory. Using locked memory is mandatory for > physical devices because they reference physical addresses. > > But a user may want to start the dpdk without locked memory, because he > does not have the permission to do so, and/or does not have this need, > for instance because he uses virtual drivers. > > So this commit reverts the use of MAP_LOCKED in mmap() flags. > > [1] http://www.dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/039404.html > > Fixes: 593a084afc2b ("mem: lock pages when not using hugepages") > Reported-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
Applied, thanks Let's keep in mind to make things working with --no-huge.