eal: set affinity for control threads

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / common / include / rte_lcore.h

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
index 11f481c..0d85a91 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -265,10 +265,14 @@ int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
 /**
  * Create a control thread.
  *
- * Wrapper to pthread_create().
+ * Wrapper to pthread_create(), pthread_setname_np() and
+ * pthread_setaffinity_np(). The dataplane and service lcores are
+ * excluded from the affinity of the new thread.
  *
  * @param thread
  *   Filled with the thread id of the new created thread.
+ * @param name
+ *   The name of the control thread (max 16 characters including '\0').
  * @param attr
  *   Attributes for the new thread.
  * @param start_routine
@@ -279,7 +283,8 @@ int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
  *   On success, returns 0; on error, it returns a negative value
  *   corresponding to the error number.
  */
-int rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
+int rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
+                       const pthread_attr_t *attr,
                        void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
 
 /**