eal/armv8: use high-resolution cycle counter

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

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
index f36a792..d150b9d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*-
  *   BSD LICENSE
  *
- *   Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *   All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_config.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define RTE_MAGIC 19820526 /**< Magic number written by the main partition when ready. */
 
+/* Maximum thread_name length. */
+#define RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN 16
+
 /**
  * The lcore role (used in RTE or not).
  */
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ struct rte_config {
 
        /**
         * Pointer to memory configuration, which may be shared across multiple
-        * Intel DPDK instances
+        * DPDK instances
         */
        struct rte_mem_config *mem_config;
 } __attribute__((__packed__));
@@ -153,6 +157,24 @@ int rte_eal_iopl_init(void);
  *   - On failure, a negative error value.
  */
 int rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv);
+
+/**
+ * Check if a primary process is currently alive
+ *
+ * This function returns true when a primary process is currently
+ * active.
+ *
+ * @param config_file_path
+ *   The config_file_path argument provided should point at the location
+ *   that the primary process will create its config file. If NULL, the default
+ *   config file path is used.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - If alive, returns 1.
+ *  - If dead, returns 0.
+ */
+int rte_eal_primary_proc_alive(const char *config_file_path);
+
 /**
  * Usage function typedef used by the application usage function.
  *
@@ -231,6 +253,9 @@ static inline int rte_gettid(void)
        return RTE_PER_LCORE(_thread_id);
 }
 
+#define RTE_INIT(func) \
+static void __attribute__((constructor, used)) func(void)
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif