eal: restrict cores auto detection
[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / common / eal_common_options.c
index 1a1bab3..611e581 100644 (file)
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static const char dpdk_solib_path[] __attribute__((used)) =
 
 static int master_lcore_parsed;
 static int mem_parsed;
+static int core_parsed;
 
 void
 eal_reset_internal_config(struct internal_config *internal_cfg)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
                        RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid coremask\n");
                        return -1;
                }
+               core_parsed = 1;
                break;
        /* corelist */
        case 'l':
@@ -804,6 +806,7 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
                        RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid core list\n");
                        return -1;
                }
+               core_parsed = 1;
                break;
        /* size of memory */
        case 'm':
@@ -912,6 +915,7 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
                                OPT_LCORES "\n");
                        return -1;
                }
+               core_parsed = 1;
                break;
 
        /* don't know what to do, leave this to caller */
@@ -923,12 +927,38 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
        return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+eal_auto_detect_cores(struct rte_config *cfg)
+{
+       unsigned int lcore_id;
+       unsigned int removed = 0;
+       rte_cpuset_t affinity_set;
+       pthread_t tid = pthread_self();
+
+       if (pthread_getaffinity_np(tid, sizeof(rte_cpuset_t),
+                               &affinity_set) < 0)
+               CPU_ZERO(&affinity_set);
+
+       for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
+               if (cfg->lcore_role[lcore_id] == ROLE_RTE &&
+                   !CPU_ISSET(lcore_id, &affinity_set)) {
+                       cfg->lcore_role[lcore_id] = ROLE_OFF;
+                       removed++;
+               }
+       }
+
+       cfg->lcore_count -= removed;
+}
+
 int
 eal_adjust_config(struct internal_config *internal_cfg)
 {
        int i;
        struct rte_config *cfg = rte_eal_get_configuration();
 
+       if (!core_parsed)
+               eal_auto_detect_cores(cfg);
+
        if (internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_AUTO)
                internal_config.process_type = eal_proc_type_detect();
 
@@ -1021,7 +1051,7 @@ eal_common_usage(void)
               "                      [NOTE: PCI whitelist cannot be used with -b option]\n"
               "  --"OPT_VDEV"              Add a virtual device.\n"
               "                      The argument format is <driver><id>[,key=val,...]\n"
-              "                      (ex: --vdev=eth_pcap0,iface=eth2).\n"
+              "                      (ex: --vdev=net_pcap0,iface=eth2).\n"
               "  -d LIB.so|DIR       Add a driver or driver directory\n"
               "                      (can be used multiple times)\n"
               "  --"OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP"    Use VMware TSC map instead of native RDTSC\n"