Hi Thomas,

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Looking at your special case, if the user did set an isolcpus option
for another use, with no -c/-l, I understand the dpdk application
won't care too much about it.
So, this seems like somehow rude to the rest of the system and

unwanted.

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The case you mentioned above is not the case I mean. But you make your
point about this one.
The case I originally mean: user sets an isolcpus option for DPDK
applications. Originally, DPDK apps would be started without any
problem. But for now, fail to start them because the required cores are
excluded before -c/-l. As per your comments following, we can add a
warning message (or should we quit on this situation?). But it indeed
has an effect on old users (they should changed to use "taskset
./dpdk_app ..."). Do you think it's a problem?

There is no activity on this patch.
Jianfeng, do not hesitate to ping if needed.
Should we class this patch as "changes requested"?

Yes, according to latest comments, it should be classified as "changes requested" (I've done that).

I'll resent a new version.

Thanks,
Jianfeng