* @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
*
* Get the runstate for the service with *id*. See *rte_service_runstate_set*
- * for details of runstates.
+ * for details of runstates. A service can call this function to ensure that
+ * the application has indicated that it will receive CPU cycles. Either a
+ * service-core is mapped (default case), or the application has explicitly
+ * disabled the check that a service-cores is mapped to the service and takes
+ * responsibility to run the service manually using the available function
+ * *rte_service_run_iter_on_app_lcore* to do so.
*
* @retval 1 Service is running
* @retval 0 Service is stopped
*/
int32_t rte_service_runstate_get(uint32_t id);
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * Enable or disable the check for a service-core being mapped to the service.
+ * An application can disable the check when takes the responsibility to run a
+ * service itself using *rte_service_run_iter_on_app_lcore*.
+ *
+ * @param id The id of the service to set the check on
+ * @param enable When zero, the check is disabled. Non-zero enables the check.
+ *
+ * @retval 0 Success
+ * @retval -EINVAL Invalid service ID
+ */
+int32_t rte_service_set_runstate_mapped_check(uint32_t id, int32_t enable);
+
/**
* @warning
* @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice