+static int
+eal_parse_service_coremask(const char *coremask)
+{
+ struct rte_config *cfg = rte_eal_get_configuration();
+ int i, j, idx = 0;
+ unsigned int count = 0;
+ char c;
+ int val;
+
+ if (coremask == NULL)
+ return -1;
+ /* Remove all blank characters ahead and after .
+ * Remove 0x/0X if exists.
+ */
+ while (isblank(*coremask))
+ coremask++;
+ if (coremask[0] == '0' && ((coremask[1] == 'x')
+ || (coremask[1] == 'X')))
+ coremask += 2;
+ i = strlen(coremask);
+ while ((i > 0) && isblank(coremask[i - 1]))
+ i--;
+
+ if (i == 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ for (i = i - 1; i >= 0 && idx < RTE_MAX_LCORE; i--) {
+ c = coremask[i];
+ if (isxdigit(c) == 0) {
+ /* invalid characters */
+ return -1;
+ }
+ val = xdigit2val(c);
+ for (j = 0; j < BITS_PER_HEX && idx < RTE_MAX_LCORE;
+ j++, idx++) {
+ if ((1 << j) & val) {
+ /* handle master lcore already parsed */
+ uint32_t lcore = idx;
+ if (master_lcore_parsed &&
+ cfg->master_lcore == lcore) {
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+ "Error: lcore %u is master lcore, cannot use as service core\n",
+ idx);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (!lcore_config[idx].detected) {
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+ "lcore %u unavailable\n", idx);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ lcore_config[idx].core_role = ROLE_SERVICE;
+ count++;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (; i >= 0; i--)
+ if (coremask[i] != '0')
+ return -1;
+
+ for (; idx < RTE_MAX_LCORE; idx++)
+ lcore_config[idx].core_index = -1;
+
+ if (count == 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ cfg->service_lcore_count = count;
+ return 0;
+}
+