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 eb39c2a..334a062 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
 /**
  * Create a control thread.
  *
- * Wrapper to pthread_create() and pthread_setname_np().
+ * 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.