#define LCORE_ID_ANY UINT32_MAX /**< Any lcore. */
#if defined(__linux__)
- typedef cpu_set_t rte_cpuset_t;
+typedef cpu_set_t rte_cpuset_t;
+#define RTE_CPU_AND(dst, src1, src2) CPU_AND(dst, src1, src2)
#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
#include <pthread_np.h>
- typedef cpuset_t rte_cpuset_t;
+typedef cpuset_t rte_cpuset_t;
+#define RTE_CPU_AND(dst, src1, src2) do \
+{ \
+ cpuset_t tmp; \
+ CPU_COPY(src1, &tmp); \
+ CPU_AND(&tmp, src2); \
+ CPU_COPY(&tmp, dst); \
+} while (0)
#endif
/**
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;
}
*/
int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
+/**
+ * Create a control thread.
+ *
+ * Wrapper to pthread_create(), pthread_setname_np() and
+ * pthread_setaffinity_np(). The affinity of the new thread is based
+ * on the CPU affinity retrieved at the time rte_eal_init() was called,
+ * the dataplane and service lcores are then excluded.
+ *
+ * @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
+ * Function to be executed by the new thread.
+ * @param arg
+ * Argument passed to start_routine.
+ * @return
+ * On success, returns 0; on error, it returns a negative value
+ * corresponding to the error number.
+ */
+__rte_experimental int
+rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
+ const pthread_attr_t *attr,
+ void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
+
/**
* Test if the core supplied has a specific role
*
* @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);