1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 543ef869..3fb2188f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #include "eal_filesystem.h"
 #include "eal_hugepages.h"
 #include "eal_options.h"
+#include "eal_vfio.h"
 
 #define MEMSIZE_IF_NO_HUGE_PAGE (64ULL * 1024ULL * 1024ULL)
 
@@ -701,6 +702,33 @@ rte_eal_iopl_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
+static int rte_eal_vfio_setup(void)
+{
+	int vfio_enabled = 0;
+
+	if (!internal_config.no_pci) {
+		pci_vfio_enable();
+		vfio_enabled |= pci_vfio_is_enabled();
+	}
+
+	if (vfio_enabled) {
+
+		/* if we are primary process, create a thread to communicate with
+		 * secondary processes. the thread will use a socket to wait for
+		 * requests from secondary process to send open file descriptors,
+		 * because VFIO does not allow multiple open descriptors on a group or
+		 * VFIO container.
+		 */
+		if (internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY &&
+				vfio_mp_sync_setup() < 0)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /* Launch threads, called at application init(). */
 int
 rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -764,6 +792,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
 
+#ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
+	if (rte_eal_vfio_setup() < 0)
+		rte_panic("Cannot init VFIO\n");
+#endif
+
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IVSHMEM
 	if (rte_eal_ivshmem_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init IVSHMEM\n");