[dpdk-dev,RFC,4/4] eal: set affinity for control threads
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The management threads must not bother the dataplane or service cores.
Set the affinity of these threads accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
---
lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
#include <rte_memory.h>
#include <rte_log.h>
+#include "eal_private.h"
#include "eal_thread.h"
RTE_DECLARE_PER_LCORE(unsigned , _socket_id);
@@ -199,7 +200,9 @@ int rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
.start_routine = start_routine,
.arg = arg,
};
- int ret;
+ unsigned int lcore_id;
+ rte_cpuset_t cpuset;
+ int set_affinity, ret;
pthread_barrier_init(¶ms.launched, NULL, 2);
pthread_barrier_init(¶ms.configured, NULL, 2);
@@ -216,6 +219,21 @@ int rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
goto fail;
}
+ set_affinity = 0;
+ CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+ for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
+ if (eal_cpu_detected(lcore_id) &&
+ rte_lcore_has_role(lcore_id, ROLE_OFF)) {
+ CPU_SET(lcore_id, &cpuset);
+ set_affinity = 1;
+ }
+ }
+ if (set_affinity) {
+ ret = pthread_setaffinity_np(*thread, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
pthread_barrier_wait(¶ms.configured);
return 0;
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
/**
* Create a control thread.
*
- * Wrapper to pthread_create() and pthread_setname_np().
+ * Wrapper to pthread_create(), pthread_setname_np() and
+ * pthread_setaffinity_np(). The dataplane and service lcores are
+ * excluded from the affinity of the new thread.
*
* @param thread
* Filled with the thread id of the new created thread.