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diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
index 1385a7309b..03fee500f5 100644
--- 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__));
@@ -142,17 +146,40 @@ int rte_eal_iopl_init(void);
  * This behavior may change in the future.
  *
  * @param argc
- *   The argc argument that was given to the main() function.
+ *   A non-negative value.  If it is greater than 0, the array members
+ *   for argv[0] through argv[argc] (non-inclusive) shall contain pointers
+ *   to strings.
  * @param argv
- *   The argv argument that was given to the main() function.
+ *   An array of strings.  The contents of the array, as well as the strings
+ *   which are pointed to by the array, may be modified by this function.
  * @return
  *   - On success, the number of parsed arguments, which is greater or
  *     equal to zero. After the call to rte_eal_init(),
- *     all arguments argv[x] with x < ret may be modified and should
- *     not be accessed by the application.
+ *     all arguments argv[x] with x < ret may have been modified by this
+ *     function call and should not be further interpreted by the
+ *     application.  The EAL does not take any ownership of the memory used
+ *     for either the argv array, or its members.
  *   - 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.
  *
@@ -171,7 +198,7 @@ typedef void	(*rte_usage_hook_t)(const char * prgname);
  * This routine is optional for the application and will behave as if the set
  * routine was never called as the default behavior.
  *
- * @param func
+ * @param usage_func
  *   The func argument is a function pointer to the application usage routine.
  *   Called function is defined using rte_usage_hook_t typedef, which is of
  *   the form void rte_usage_func(const char * prgname).
@@ -183,7 +210,7 @@ typedef void	(*rte_usage_hook_t)(const char * prgname);
  *     the caller to daisy chain the usage routines if needing more then one.
  */
 rte_usage_hook_t
-rte_set_application_usage_hook( rte_usage_hook_t usage_func );
+rte_set_application_usage_hook(rte_usage_hook_t usage_func);
 
 /**
  * macro to get the lock of tailq in mem_config
@@ -231,6 +258,9 @@ 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