malloc: add function to check if socket is external

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

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h
index 8870732..403271d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h
@@ -277,6 +277,21 @@ rte_malloc_get_socket_stats(int socket,
 int __rte_experimental
 rte_malloc_heap_get_socket(const char *name);
 
+/**
+ * Check if a given socket ID refers to externally allocated memory.
+ *
+ * @note Passing SOCKET_ID_ANY will return 0.
+ *
+ * @param socket_id
+ *   Socket ID to check
+ * @return
+ *   1 if socket ID refers to externally allocated memory
+ *   0 if socket ID refers to internal DPDK memory
+ *   -1 if socket ID is invalid
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_malloc_heap_socket_is_external(int socket_id);
+
 /**
  * Dump statistics.
  *