[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] fix control thread affinities

[Olivier Matz]

Sorry, I forgot the --in-reply-to.

This patchset is the second version of this one:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-February/091576.html


On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 03:04:35PM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
> Some parts of dpdk use their own management threads. Most of the time,
> the affinity of the thread is not properly set: it should not be scheduled
> on the dataplane cores, because interrupting them can cause packet losses.
> 
> This patchset introduces a new wrapper for thread creation that does
> the job automatically, avoiding code duplication.
> 
> v2:
> * set affinity to master core if no core is off, as suggested by
>   Anatoly
> 
> Olivier Matz (4):
>   eal: use sizeof to avoid a double use of a define
>   eal: new function to create control threads
>   eal: set name when creating a control thread
>   eal: set affinity for control threads
> 
>  drivers/net/kni/Makefile                       |  1 +
>  drivers/net/kni/rte_eth_kni.c                  |  3 +-
>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c                |  2 +-
>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c         |  2 +-
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c      | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h      | 26 ++++++++++
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c              |  4 +-
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c   | 17 ++----
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c       |  2 +-
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c        | 12 +----
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio_mp_sync.c | 10 +---
>  lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map             |  1 +
>  lib/librte_pdump/Makefile                      |  1 +
>  lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c                   | 13 ++---
>  lib/librte_vhost/socket.c                      |  7 +--
>  15 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.11.0
>