mem: allow memseg lists to be marked as external

[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 30749d0..6e09d91 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ rte_lcore_index(int lcore_id)
        if (lcore_id >= RTE_MAX_LCORE)
                return -1;
        if (lcore_id < 0)
-               lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+               lcore_id = (int)rte_lcore_id();
        return lcore_config[lcore_id].core_index;
 }
 
@@ -279,10 +279,14 @@ 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
@@ -294,7 +298,8 @@ int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
  *   corresponding to the error number.
  */
 __rte_experimental int
-rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
+rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
+               const pthread_attr_t *attr,
                void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
 
 /**
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
  * @param role
  *   The role to be checked against.
  * @return
- *   On success, return 0; otherwise return a negative value.
+ *   Boolean value: positive if test is true; otherwise returns 0.
  */
 int
 rte_lcore_has_role(unsigned int lcore_id, enum rte_lcore_role_t role);