[RFC PATCH 27/44] eal: record service cores in user config struct
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Wed Apr 29 18:58:19 CEST 2026
The user provided service coremask or service corelist needs to be
recorded in the user config struct, so store it there as a cpuset.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 155 ++++++++--------------------
lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index 18d6ee3f5a..076e939292 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ eal_reset_internal_config(void)
user_cfg->user_mbuf_pool_ops_name = NULL;
CPU_ZERO(&runtime_state->ctrl_cpuset);
runtime_state->init_complete = 0;
+ CPU_ZERO(&user_cfg->service_cpuset);
user_cfg->max_simd_bitwidth.bitwidth = RTE_VECT_DEFAULT_SIMD_BITWIDTH;
user_cfg->max_simd_bitwidth.forced = 0;
}
@@ -830,21 +831,19 @@ static int xdigit2val(unsigned char c)
}
static int
-eal_parse_service_coremask(const char *coremask)
+eal_parse_service_coremask(const char *coremask, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset)
{
- struct eal_runtime_state *runtime_state = eal_get_runtime_state();
int i, j, idx = 0;
unsigned int count = 0;
char c;
int val;
- uint32_t taken_lcore_count = 0;
EAL_LOG(WARNING, "'-s <service-coremask>' is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release.");
EAL_LOG(WARNING, "\tUse '-S <service-corelist>' option instead.");
if (coremask == NULL)
return -1;
- /* Remove all blank characters ahead and after .
+ /* Remove all blank characters ahead and after.
* Remove 0x/0X if exists.
*/
while (isblank(*coremask))
@@ -866,20 +865,9 @@ eal_parse_service_coremask(const char *coremask)
return -1;
}
val = xdigit2val(c);
- for (j = 0; j < BITS_PER_HEX && idx < RTE_MAX_LCORE;
- j++, idx++) {
+ for (j = 0; j < BITS_PER_HEX && idx < RTE_MAX_LCORE; j++, idx++) {
if ((1 << j) & val) {
-
- if (eal_cpu_detected(idx) == 0) {
- EAL_LOG(ERR,
- "lcore %u unavailable", idx);
- return -1;
- }
-
- if (runtime_state->lcore_cfg[idx].role == ROLE_RTE)
- taken_lcore_count++;
-
- runtime_state->lcore_cfg[idx].role = ROLE_SERVICE;
+ CPU_SET(idx, cpuset);
count++;
}
}
@@ -889,16 +877,15 @@ eal_parse_service_coremask(const char *coremask)
if (coremask[i] != '0')
return -1;
- if (count == 0)
- return -1;
-
- if (taken_lcore_count != count) {
- EAL_LOG(WARNING,
- "Not all service cores are in the coremask. "
- "Please ensure -c or -l includes service cores");
- }
+ return count > 0 ? 0 : -1;
+}
- return 0;
+static int
+eal_parse_service_corelist(const char *corelist, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset)
+{
+ if (rte_argparse_parse_type(corelist, RTE_ARGPARSE_VALUE_TYPE_CORELIST, cpuset) != 0)
+ return -1;
+ return CPU_COUNT(cpuset) > 0 ? 0 : -1;
}
static int
@@ -1071,89 +1058,6 @@ rte_eal_parse_coremask(const char *coremask, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset, bool limit_ra
return 0;
}
-static int
-eal_parse_service_corelist(const char *corelist)
-{
- struct eal_runtime_state *runtime_state = eal_get_runtime_state();
- int i;
- unsigned count = 0;
- char *end = NULL;
- uint32_t min, max, idx;
- uint32_t taken_lcore_count = 0;
-
- if (corelist == NULL)
- return -1;
-
- /* Remove all blank characters ahead and after */
- while (isblank(*corelist))
- corelist++;
- i = strlen(corelist);
- while ((i > 0) && isblank(corelist[i - 1]))
- i--;
-
- /* Get list of cores */
- min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
- do {
- while (isblank(*corelist))
- corelist++;
- if (*corelist == '\0')
- return -1;
- errno = 0;
- idx = strtoul(corelist, &end, 10);
- if (errno || end == NULL)
- return -1;
- if (idx >= RTE_MAX_LCORE)
- return -1;
- while (isblank(*end))
- end++;
- if (*end == '-') {
- min = idx;
- } else if ((*end == ',') || (*end == '\0')) {
- max = idx;
- if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
- min = idx;
- for (idx = min; idx <= max; idx++) {
- if (runtime_state->lcore_cfg[idx].role != ROLE_SERVICE) {
- if (runtime_state->lcore_cfg[idx].role == ROLE_RTE)
- taken_lcore_count++;
-
- runtime_state->lcore_cfg[idx].role = ROLE_SERVICE;
- count++;
- }
- }
- min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
- } else
- return -1;
- corelist = end + 1;
- } while (*end != '\0');
-
- if (count == 0)
- return -1;
-
- if (taken_lcore_count != count) {
- EAL_LOG(WARNING,
- "Not all service cores were in the coremask. "
- "Please ensure -c or -l includes service cores");
- }
-
- /* log the configured service cores for debugging */
- rte_cpuset_t service_cpuset;
- CPU_ZERO(&service_cpuset);
- for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_LCORE; i++) {
- if (runtime_state->lcore_cfg[i].role == ROLE_SERVICE)
- CPU_SET(i, &service_cpuset);
- }
- if (CPU_COUNT(&service_cpuset) > 0) {
- char *cpuset_str = eal_cpuset_to_str(&service_cpuset);
- if (cpuset_str != NULL) {
- EAL_LOG(DEBUG, "Service cores configured: %s", cpuset_str);
- free(cpuset_str);
- }
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
/* Changes the lcore id of the main thread */
static int
eal_parse_main_lcore(const char *arg)
@@ -1169,8 +1073,8 @@ eal_parse_main_lcore(const char *arg)
if (user_cfg->main_lcore >= RTE_MAX_LCORE)
return -1;
- /* ensure main core is not used as service core */
- if (runtime_state->lcore_cfg[user_cfg->main_lcore].role == ROLE_SERVICE) {
+ /* check main core is not already down as a service core */
+ if (CPU_ISSET(user_cfg->main_lcore, &user_cfg->service_cpuset)) {
EAL_LOG(ERR, "Error: Main lcore is used as a service core");
return -1;
}
@@ -2062,13 +1966,15 @@ eal_parse_args(void)
/* service core options */
if (args.service_coremask != NULL) {
- if (eal_parse_service_coremask(args.service_coremask) < 0) {
+ if (eal_parse_service_coremask(args.service_coremask,
+ &user_cfg->service_cpuset) < 0) {
EAL_LOG(ERR, "invalid service coremask: '%s'",
args.service_coremask);
return -1;
}
} else if (args.service_corelist != NULL) {
- if (eal_parse_service_corelist(args.service_corelist) < 0) {
+ if (eal_parse_service_corelist(args.service_corelist,
+ &user_cfg->service_cpuset) < 0) {
EAL_LOG(ERR, "invalid service core list: '%s'",
args.service_corelist);
return -1;
@@ -2374,6 +2280,29 @@ eal_apply_runtime_state(void)
struct eal_user_cfg *user_cfg = eal_get_user_configuration();
struct eal_runtime_state *runtime_state = eal_get_runtime_state();
+ /* Apply service core roles: service_cpuset bits are lcore IDs */
+ if (CPU_COUNT(&user_cfg->service_cpuset) > 0) {
+ unsigned int i;
+ char *cpuset_str;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_LCORE; i++) {
+ if (!CPU_ISSET(i, &user_cfg->service_cpuset))
+ continue;
+ if (runtime_state->lcore_cfg[i].role != ROLE_RTE) {
+ EAL_LOG(WARNING,
+ "service lcore %u is not in the enabled lcore set; ignoring",
+ i);
+ continue;
+ }
+ runtime_state->lcore_cfg[i].role = ROLE_SERVICE;
+ }
+ cpuset_str = eal_cpuset_to_str(&user_cfg->service_cpuset);
+ if (cpuset_str != NULL) {
+ EAL_LOG(DEBUG, "Service cores configured: %s", cpuset_str);
+ free(cpuset_str);
+ }
+ }
+
/* set the main lcore */
if (user_cfg->main_lcore != -1) {
runtime_state->main_lcore = user_cfg->main_lcore;
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h b/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
index 79722577a5..99ffde5c8b 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct eal_user_cfg {
uintptr_t base_virtaddr; /**< base address to try and reserve memory from */
uint64_t numa_mem[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES]; /**< amount of memory per NUMA node */
uint64_t numa_limit[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES]; /**< limit amount of memory per NUMA node */
+ rte_cpuset_t service_cpuset; /**< service lcore IDs (bits = lcore IDs to use as service cores) */
int main_lcore; /**< ID of the main lcore */
};
--
2.51.0
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