[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] eal: set affinity for control threads
Olivier Matz
olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Tue Apr 24 16:46:50 CEST 2018
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 at 6wind.com>
Reviewed-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
---
lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index 94d2a6e42..4e75cb81f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <rte_memory.h>
#include <rte_log.h>
+#include "eal_private.h"
#include "eal_thread.h"
RTE_DECLARE_PER_LCORE(unsigned , _socket_id);
@@ -169,7 +170,9 @@ 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 cpu_found, ret;
pthread_barrier_init(¶ms.configured, NULL, 2);
@@ -183,6 +186,23 @@ rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
goto fail;
}
+ cpu_found = 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);
+ cpu_found = 1;
+ }
+ }
+ /* if no detected cpu is off, use master core */
+ if (!cpu_found)
+ CPU_SET(rte_get_master_lcore(), &cpuset);
+
+ ret = pthread_setaffinity_np(*thread, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto fail;
+
pthread_barrier_wait(¶ms.configured);
return 0;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
index eb39c2a8b..334a0629e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ 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.
--
2.11.0
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