Define a global variable ctrl_thread_set which the application can set.
If this is the case, use this for setting control thread affinity instead
of deducing it from the existing core pinning of the process.
signed-off-by: Kiran KN <kira...@juniper.net>
---
lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index a7f9c5f9b..1b99a986d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ eal_short_options[] =
"b:" /* pci-blacklist */
"c:" /* coremask */
"s:" /* service coremask */
+ "C:" /* control threads */
"d:" /* driver */
"h" /* help */
"l:" /* corelist */
@@ -1201,7 +1202,7 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
{
static int b_used;
static int w_used;
-
+ static uint16_t set[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
switch (opt) {
/* blacklist */
case 'b':
@@ -1295,6 +1296,17 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
return -1;
}
break;
+ /* control threads */
+ case 'C':
+ if (eal_parse_set(optarg, set, RTE_DIM(set)) < 0) {
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid control threads\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (convert_to_cpuset(&conf->ctrl_cpuset, set, RTE_DIM(set)) <
0) {
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Error adding set to control
cpuset\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ break;
/* service corelist */
case 'S':
if (eal_parse_service_corelist(optarg) < 0) {
@@ -1542,7 +1554,9 @@ eal_adjust_config(struct internal_config *internal_cfg)
lcore_config[cfg->master_lcore].core_role = ROLE_RTE;
}
- compute_ctrl_threads_cpuset(internal_cfg);
+ if (CPU_COUNT(&internal_cfg->ctrl_cpuset) == 0) {
+ compute_ctrl_threads_cpuset(internal_cfg);
+ }
/* if no memory amounts were requested, this will result in 0 and
* will be overridden later, right after eal_hugepage_info_init() */
@@ -1656,6 +1670,10 @@ eal_common_usage(void)
" '( )' can be omitted for single element
group,\n"
" '@' can be omitted if cpus and lcores
have the same value\n"
" -s SERVICE COREMASK Hexadecimal bitmask of cores to be used
as service cores\n"
+ " -C CONTROL THREADS The argument format is\n"
+ " (list of cpus) or Hexadecimal
bitmask of cores\n"
+ " Within the list of cpus, '-' is used as
range seperator,\n"
+ " ',' is used for single number
seperator.\n"
" --"OPT_MASTER_LCORE" ID Core ID that is used as master\n"
" --"OPT_MBUF_POOL_OPS_NAME" Pool ops name for mbuf to use\n"
" -n CHANNELS Number of memory channels\n"
--
2.16.6
