+/**
+ * Set core affinity of the current thread.
+ * Support both EAL and non-EAL thread and update TLS.
+ *
+ * @param cpusetp
+ * Point to cpu_set_t for setting current thread affinity.
+ * @return
+ * On success, return 0; otherwise return -1;
+ */
+int rte_thread_set_affinity(rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp);
+
+/**
+ * Get core affinity of the current thread.
+ *
+ * @param cpusetp
+ * Point to cpu_set_t for getting current thread cpu affinity.
+ * It presumes input is not NULL, otherwise it causes panic.
+ *
+ */
+void rte_thread_get_affinity(rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp);
+
+/**
+ * Set thread names.
+ *
+ * @note It fails with glibc < 2.12.
+ *
+ * @param id
+ * Thread id.
+ * @param name
+ * Thread name to set.
+ * @return
+ * On success, return 0; otherwise return a negative value.
+ */
+int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
+