[dpdk-dev,v4,08/17] eal: apply affinity of EAL thread by assigned cpuset

Message ID 1422842559-13617-9-git-send-email-cunming.liang@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
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Commit Message

Cunming Liang Feb. 2, 2015, 2:02 a.m. UTC
  EAL threads use assigned cpuset to set core affinity during startup.
It keeps 1:1 mapping, if no '--lcores' option is used.

Signed-off-by: Cunming Liang <cunming.liang@intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c          | 13 ++++---
 lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c   | 63 +++++++++---------------------
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c        |  7 +++-
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c | 67 +++++++++++---------------------
 4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Olivier Matz Feb. 8, 2015, 8 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi,

On 02/02/2015 03:02 AM, Cunming Liang wrote:
> EAL threads use assigned cpuset to set core affinity during startup.
> It keeps 1:1 mapping, if no '--lcores' option is used.
> 
> [...]
>
>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c          | 13 ++++---
>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c   | 63 +++++++++---------------------
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c        |  7 +++-
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c | 67 +++++++++++---------------------
>  4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> index 69f3c03..98c5a83 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> @@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>  	int i, fctret, ret;
>  	pthread_t thread_id;
>  	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
> +	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
>  
>  	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
>  		return -1;
> @@ -502,13 +503,17 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>  	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
>  		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
>  
> -	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
> -		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id);
> -
>  	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
>  
>  	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
>  
> +	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
> +
> +	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
> +
> +	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s])\n",
> +		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id, cpuset);
> +
>  	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
>  		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
>  
> @@ -532,8 +537,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>  			rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
>  	}
>  
> -	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Launch a dummy function on all slave lcores, so that master lcore
>  	 * knows they are all ready when this function returns.

I wonder if changing this may have an impact on third-party drivers
that already use a management thread. Before the patch, the init()
function of the external library was called with default affinities,
and now it's called with the affinity from master lcore.

I think it should at least be noticed in the commit log.

Why are you doing this change? (I don't say it's a bad change, but
I don't understand why you are doing it here)


> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> index d0c077b..5b16302 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> @@ -103,55 +103,27 @@ eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
>  {
>  	int s;
>  	pthread_t thread;
> -
> -/*
> - * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
> - *
> - * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were added
> - * in glibc 2.3.3.
> - *
> - * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
> - *
> - * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),    CPU_ALLOC(),
> - * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),  CPU_CLR_S(),
> - * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and CPU_EQUAL_S()
> - * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
> - */
> -#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
> -	size_t size;
> -	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
> -
> -	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
> -	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
> -		return -1;
> -	}
> -
> -	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
> -	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
> -	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
> +	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
>  
>  	thread = pthread_self();
> -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
> +	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpuset_t),
> +				   &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
>  	if (s != 0) {
>  		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
> -		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
>  		return -1;
>  	}
>  
> -	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
> -#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
> -	cpuset_t cpuset;
> -	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
> -	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
> +	/* acquire system unique id  */
> +	rte_gettid();

As suggested in the previous patch, I think having rte_init_tid() would
be clearer here.

> +
> +	/* store socket_id in TLS for quick access */
> +	RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id) =
> +		eal_cpuset_socket_id(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
> +
> +	CPU_COPY(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset, &RTE_PER_LCORE(_cpuset));
> +
> +	lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id);
>  
> -	thread = pthread_self();
> -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
> -	if (s != 0) {
> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
> -		return -1;
> -	}
> -#endif

You are removing a lot of code that was using CPU_ALLOC().
Are we sure that the cpuset_t type is large enough to store all the
CPUs?

It looks the current value of CPU_SETSIZE is 1024 now, but I wonder
if this code was written when this value was lower. Could you check if
it can happen today (maybe with an old libc)? A problem can occur if
the size of cpuset_t is lower that the size of RTE_MAX_LCORE.


Regards,
Olivier
  
Cunming Liang Feb. 9, 2015, 1:48 p.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier MATZ [mailto:olivier.matz@6wind.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 4:01 AM
> To: Liang, Cunming; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/17] eal: apply affinity of EAL thread by
> assigned cpuset
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 02/02/2015 03:02 AM, Cunming Liang wrote:
> > EAL threads use assigned cpuset to set core affinity during startup.
> > It keeps 1:1 mapping, if no '--lcores' option is used.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c          | 13 ++++---
> >  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c   | 63 +++++++++---------------------
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c        |  7 +++-
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c | 67 +++++++++++---------------------
> >  4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> > index 69f3c03..98c5a83 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> > @@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
> >  	int i, fctret, ret;
> >  	pthread_t thread_id;
> >  	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
> > +	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
> >
> >  	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
> >  		return -1;
> > @@ -502,13 +503,17 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
> >  	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
> >  		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
> >
> > -	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
> > -		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id);
> > -
> >  	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
> >
> >  	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
> >
> > +	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
> > +
> > +	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
> > +
> > +	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s])\n",
> > +		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id, cpuset);
> > +
> >  	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
> >  		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
> >
> > @@ -532,8 +537,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
> >  			rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
> >  	}
> >
> > -	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
> > -
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Launch a dummy function on all slave lcores, so that master lcore
> >  	 * knows they are all ready when this function returns.
> 
> I wonder if changing this may have an impact on third-party drivers
> that already use a management thread. Before the patch, the init()
> function of the external library was called with default affinities,
> and now it's called with the affinity from master lcore.
> 
> I think it should at least be noticed in the commit log.
> 
> Why are you doing this change? (I don't say it's a bad change, but
> I don't understand why you are doing it here)
[LCM] To be honest, the main purpose is I don't found any reason to have linuxapp and freebsdapp in different init sequence.
I means in linux it init_master before dev_init(), but in freebsd it reverse.
And as the default value of TLS already changes, if dev_init() first and using those TLS, the result will be not in an EAL thread.
But actually they're in the EAL master thread. So I prefer to do the change follows linuxapp sequence.
> 
> 
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> > index d0c077b..5b16302 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> > @@ -103,55 +103,27 @@ eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
> >  {
> >  	int s;
> >  	pthread_t thread;
> > -
> > -/*
> > - * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
> > - *
> > - * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were
> added
> > - * in glibc 2.3.3.
> > - *
> > - * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
> > - *
> > - * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),
> CPU_ALLOC(),
> > - * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),
> CPU_CLR_S(),
> > - * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and
> CPU_EQUAL_S()
> > - * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
> > - */
> > -#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
> > -	size_t size;
> > -	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
> > -
> > -	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
> > -	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
> > -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
> > -		return -1;
> > -	}
> > -
> > -	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
> > -	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
> > -	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
> > +	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
> >
> >  	thread = pthread_self();
> > -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
> > +	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpuset_t),
> > +				   &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
> >  	if (s != 0) {
> >  		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
> > -		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
> >  		return -1;
> >  	}
> >
> > -	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
> > -#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
> > -	cpuset_t cpuset;
> > -	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
> > -	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
> > +	/* acquire system unique id  */
> > +	rte_gettid();
> 
> As suggested in the previous patch, I think having rte_init_tid() would
> be clearer here.
[LCM] Sorry, I didn't get your [PATCH v4 07/17] comments, probably the mailbox issue.
Do you suggest to have a rte_init_tid() but not do syscall on the first time ?
Any benefit, rte_gettid() looks like more simple and straight forward. 
> > +
> > +	/* store socket_id in TLS for quick access */
> > +	RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id) =
> > +		eal_cpuset_socket_id(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
> > +
> > +	CPU_COPY(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset, &RTE_PER_LCORE(_cpuset));
> > +
> > +	lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id);
> >
> > -	thread = pthread_self();
> > -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
> > -	if (s != 0) {
> > -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
> > -		return -1;
> > -	}
> > -#endif
> 
> You are removing a lot of code that was using CPU_ALLOC().
> Are we sure that the cpuset_t type is large enough to store all the
> CPUs?
> 
> It looks the current value of CPU_SETSIZE is 1024 now, but I wonder
> if this code was written when this value was lower. Could you check if
> it can happen today (maybe with an old libc)? A problem can occur if
> the size of cpuset_t is lower that the size of RTE_MAX_LCORE.
[LCM] I found actually the MACRO is not just for support CPU_ALLOC(), but for linux or freebsd.
In freebsdapp, there's no CPU_ALLOC defined, it use fixed width *cpuset_t*.
In linuxapp, there's CPU_ALLOC defined, it use cpu_set_t* and dynamic CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE).
But actually RTE_MAX_LCORE < 1024(sizeof(cpu_set_t)). 
After using rte_cpuset_t, there's no additional reason to use CPU_ALLOC only for linuxapp and choose a small but dynamic width.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Olivier
  
Olivier Matz Feb. 9, 2015, 5:36 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi,

On 02/09/2015 02:48 PM, Liang, Cunming wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Olivier MATZ [mailto:olivier.matz@6wind.com]
>> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 4:01 AM
>> To: Liang, Cunming; dev@dpdk.org
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/17] eal: apply affinity of EAL thread by
>> assigned cpuset
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 02/02/2015 03:02 AM, Cunming Liang wrote:
>>> EAL threads use assigned cpuset to set core affinity during startup.
>>> It keeps 1:1 mapping, if no '--lcores' option is used.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c          | 13 ++++---
>>>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c   | 63 +++++++++---------------------
>>>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c        |  7 +++-
>>>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c | 67 +++++++++++---------------------
>>>  4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
>>> index 69f3c03..98c5a83 100644
>>> --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
>>> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
>>> @@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>>>  	int i, fctret, ret;
>>>  	pthread_t thread_id;
>>>  	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
>>> +	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
>>>
>>>  	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
>>>  		return -1;
>>> @@ -502,13 +503,17 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>>>  	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
>>>  		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
>>>
>>> -	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
>>> -		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id);
>>> -
>>>  	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
>>>
>>>  	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
>>>
>>> +	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
>>> +
>>> +	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
>>> +
>>> +	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s])\n",
>>> +		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id, cpuset);
>>> +
>>>  	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
>>>  		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
>>>
>>> @@ -532,8 +537,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>>>  			rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
>>>  	}
>>>
>>> -	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
>>> -
>>>  	/*
>>>  	 * Launch a dummy function on all slave lcores, so that master lcore
>>>  	 * knows they are all ready when this function returns.
>>
>> I wonder if changing this may have an impact on third-party drivers
>> that already use a management thread. Before the patch, the init()
>> function of the external library was called with default affinities,
>> and now it's called with the affinity from master lcore.
>>
>> I think it should at least be noticed in the commit log.
>>
>> Why are you doing this change? (I don't say it's a bad change, but
>> I don't understand why you are doing it here)
> [LCM] To be honest, the main purpose is I don't found any reason to have linuxapp and freebsdapp in different init sequence.
> I means in linux it init_master before dev_init(), but in freebsd it reverse.


I agree that's something we should fix.


> And as the default value of TLS already changes, if dev_init() first and using those TLS, the result will be not in an EAL thread.
> But actually they're in the EAL master thread. So I prefer to do the change follows linuxapp sequence.

That makes sense. Is it possible to have this reordering in a separate
patch? The title could be
"eal: standardize init sequence between linux and bsd"



>>
>>
>>> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
>> b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
>>> index d0c077b..5b16302 100644
>>> --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
>>> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
>>> @@ -103,55 +103,27 @@ eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
>>>  {
>>>  	int s;
>>>  	pthread_t thread;
>>> -
>>> -/*
>>> - * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
>>> - *
>>> - * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were
>> added
>>> - * in glibc 2.3.3.
>>> - *
>>> - * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
>>> - *
>>> - * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),
>> CPU_ALLOC(),
>>> - * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),
>> CPU_CLR_S(),
>>> - * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and
>> CPU_EQUAL_S()
>>> - * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
>>> - */
>>> -#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
>>> -	size_t size;
>>> -	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
>>> -
>>> -	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
>>> -	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
>>> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
>>> -		return -1;
>>> -	}
>>> -
>>> -	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
>>> -	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
>>> -	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
>>> +	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
>>>
>>>  	thread = pthread_self();
>>> -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
>>> +	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpuset_t),
>>> +				   &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
>>>  	if (s != 0) {
>>>  		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
>>> -		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
>>>  		return -1;
>>>  	}
>>>
>>> -	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
>>> -#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
>>> -	cpuset_t cpuset;
>>> -	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
>>> -	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
>>> +	/* acquire system unique id  */
>>> +	rte_gettid();
>>
>> As suggested in the previous patch, I think having rte_init_tid() would
>> be clearer here.
> [LCM] Sorry, I didn't get your [PATCH v4 07/17] comments, probably the mailbox issue.
> Do you suggest to have a rte_init_tid() but not do syscall on the first time ?
> Any benefit, rte_gettid() looks like more simple and straight forward. 

I think the mail was properly sent, you can see it here:
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-February/012556.html

Usually, "get" functions return a value and have no side effects.
"init" functions return nothing (or an error code) but have a
side effect which is to initialize an internal state.


>>> +
>>> +	/* store socket_id in TLS for quick access */
>>> +	RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id) =
>>> +		eal_cpuset_socket_id(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
>>> +
>>> +	CPU_COPY(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset, &RTE_PER_LCORE(_cpuset));
>>> +
>>> +	lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id);
>>>
>>> -	thread = pthread_self();
>>> -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
>>> -	if (s != 0) {
>>> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
>>> -		return -1;
>>> -	}
>>> -#endif
>>
>> You are removing a lot of code that was using CPU_ALLOC().
>> Are we sure that the cpuset_t type is large enough to store all the
>> CPUs?
>>
>> It looks the current value of CPU_SETSIZE is 1024 now, but I wonder
>> if this code was written when this value was lower. Could you check if
>> it can happen today (maybe with an old libc)? A problem can occur if
>> the size of cpuset_t is lower that the size of RTE_MAX_LCORE.
> [LCM] I found actually the MACRO is not just for support CPU_ALLOC(), but for linux or freebsd.
> In freebsdapp, there's no CPU_ALLOC defined, it use fixed width *cpuset_t*.
> In linuxapp, there's CPU_ALLOC defined, it use cpu_set_t* and dynamic CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE).
> But actually RTE_MAX_LCORE < 1024(sizeof(cpu_set_t)). 
> After using rte_cpuset_t, there's no additional reason to use CPU_ALLOC only for linuxapp and choose a small but dynamic width.

I did a quick search on google, and it seems CPU_SETSIZE is 1024
for a long time. So you are right, there is probably no reason to
keep CPU_ALLOC(). As I said in a previous mail, it could be useful
in the future when the number of CPUs will reach 1024, but we have
some time to handle this.
  
Cunming Liang Feb. 10, 2015, 2:51 a.m. UTC | #4
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier MATZ [mailto:olivier.matz@6wind.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 1:37 AM
> To: Liang, Cunming; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/17] eal: apply affinity of EAL thread by
> assigned cpuset
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 02/09/2015 02:48 PM, Liang, Cunming wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Olivier MATZ [mailto:olivier.matz@6wind.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 4:01 AM
> >> To: Liang, Cunming; dev@dpdk.org
> >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/17] eal: apply affinity of EAL thread by
> >> assigned cpuset
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 02/02/2015 03:02 AM, Cunming Liang wrote:
> >>> EAL threads use assigned cpuset to set core affinity during startup.
> >>> It keeps 1:1 mapping, if no '--lcores' option is used.
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>>
> >>>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c          | 13 ++++---
> >>>  lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c   | 63 +++++++++---------------------
> >>>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c        |  7 +++-
> >>>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c | 67 +++++++++++---------------------
> >>>  4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> >>> index 69f3c03..98c5a83 100644
> >>> --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> >>> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
> >>> @@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>  	int i, fctret, ret;
> >>>  	pthread_t thread_id;
> >>>  	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
> >>> +	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
> >>>
> >>>  	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
> >>>  		return -1;
> >>> @@ -502,13 +503,17 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>  	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
> >>>  		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
> >>>
> >>> -	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
> >>> -		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id);
> >>> -
> >>>  	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
> >>>
> >>>  	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
> >>>
> >>> +	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
> >>> +
> >>> +	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
> >>> +
> >>> +	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready
> (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s])\n",
> >>> +		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id, cpuset);
> >>> +
> >>>  	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
> >>>  		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
> >>>
> >>> @@ -532,8 +537,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
> >>>  			rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>> -	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
> >>> -
> >>>  	/*
> >>>  	 * Launch a dummy function on all slave lcores, so that master lcore
> >>>  	 * knows they are all ready when this function returns.
> >>
> >> I wonder if changing this may have an impact on third-party drivers
> >> that already use a management thread. Before the patch, the init()
> >> function of the external library was called with default affinities,
> >> and now it's called with the affinity from master lcore.
> >>
> >> I think it should at least be noticed in the commit log.
> >>
> >> Why are you doing this change? (I don't say it's a bad change, but
> >> I don't understand why you are doing it here)
> > [LCM] To be honest, the main purpose is I don't found any reason to have
> linuxapp and freebsdapp in different init sequence.
> > I means in linux it init_master before dev_init(), but in freebsd it reverse.
> 
> 
> I agree that's something we should fix.
> 
> 
> > And as the default value of TLS already changes, if dev_init() first and using
> those TLS, the result will be not in an EAL thread.
> > But actually they're in the EAL master thread. So I prefer to do the change
> follows linuxapp sequence.
> 
> That makes sense. Is it possible to have this reordering in a separate
> patch? The title could be
> "eal: standardize init sequence between linux and bsd"
[LCM] Agree.
> 
> 
> 
> >>
> >>
> >>> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> >> b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> >>> index d0c077b..5b16302 100644
> >>> --- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> >>> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
> >>> @@ -103,55 +103,27 @@ eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
> >>>  {
> >>>  	int s;
> >>>  	pthread_t thread;
> >>> -
> >>> -/*
> >>> - * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
> >>> - *
> >>> - * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were
> >> added
> >>> - * in glibc 2.3.3.
> >>> - *
> >>> - * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
> >>> - *
> >>> - * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),
> >> CPU_ALLOC(),
> >>> - * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),
> >> CPU_CLR_S(),
> >>> - * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and
> >> CPU_EQUAL_S()
> >>> - * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
> >>> - */
> >>> -#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
> >>> -	size_t size;
> >>> -	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
> >>> -
> >>> -	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
> >>> -	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
> >>> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
> >>> -		return -1;
> >>> -	}
> >>> -
> >>> -	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
> >>> -	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
> >>> -	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
> >>> +	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
> >>>
> >>>  	thread = pthread_self();
> >>> -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
> >>> +	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpuset_t),
> >>> +				   &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
> >>>  	if (s != 0) {
> >>>  		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
> >>> -		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
> >>>  		return -1;
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>> -	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
> >>> -#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
> >>> -	cpuset_t cpuset;
> >>> -	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
> >>> -	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
> >>> +	/* acquire system unique id  */
> >>> +	rte_gettid();
> >>
> >> As suggested in the previous patch, I think having rte_init_tid() would
> >> be clearer here.
> > [LCM] Sorry, I didn't get your [PATCH v4 07/17] comments, probably the
> mailbox issue.
> > Do you suggest to have a rte_init_tid() but not do syscall on the first time ?
> > Any benefit, rte_gettid() looks like more simple and straight forward.
> 
> I think the mail was properly sent, you can see it here:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-February/012556.html
> 
> Usually, "get" functions return a value and have no side effects.
> "init" functions return nothing (or an error code) but have a
> side effect which is to initialize an internal state.
[LCM] Thanks, agree your point, will update on v5.
> 
> 
> >>> +
> >>> +	/* store socket_id in TLS for quick access */
> >>> +	RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id) =
> >>> +		eal_cpuset_socket_id(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
> >>> +
> >>> +	CPU_COPY(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset, &RTE_PER_LCORE(_cpuset));
> >>> +
> >>> +	lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id);
> >>>
> >>> -	thread = pthread_self();
> >>> -	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
> >>> -	if (s != 0) {
> >>> -		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
> >>> -		return -1;
> >>> -	}
> >>> -#endif
> >>
> >> You are removing a lot of code that was using CPU_ALLOC().
> >> Are we sure that the cpuset_t type is large enough to store all the
> >> CPUs?
> >>
> >> It looks the current value of CPU_SETSIZE is 1024 now, but I wonder
> >> if this code was written when this value was lower. Could you check if
> >> it can happen today (maybe with an old libc)? A problem can occur if
> >> the size of cpuset_t is lower that the size of RTE_MAX_LCORE.
> > [LCM] I found actually the MACRO is not just for support CPU_ALLOC(), but for
> linux or freebsd.
> > In freebsdapp, there's no CPU_ALLOC defined, it use fixed width *cpuset_t*.
> > In linuxapp, there's CPU_ALLOC defined, it use cpu_set_t* and dynamic
> CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE).
> > But actually RTE_MAX_LCORE < 1024(sizeof(cpu_set_t)).
> > After using rte_cpuset_t, there's no additional reason to use CPU_ALLOC only
> for linuxapp and choose a small but dynamic width.
> 
> I did a quick search on google, and it seems CPU_SETSIZE is 1024
> for a long time. So you are right, there is probably no reason to
> keep CPU_ALLOC(). As I said in a previous mail, it could be useful
> in the future when the number of CPUs will reach 1024, but we have
> some time to handle this.
[LCM]  Ok, thanks.
> 
> 
>
  

Patch

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index 69f3c03..98c5a83 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i, fctret, ret;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
+	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
 
 	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
 		return -1;
@@ -502,13 +503,17 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
-		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id);
-
 	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
 
 	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
 
+	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
+
+	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s])\n",
+		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id, cpuset);
+
 	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
 
@@ -532,8 +537,6 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 			rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
 	}
 
-	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
-
 	/*
 	 * Launch a dummy function on all slave lcores, so that master lcore
 	 * knows they are all ready when this function returns.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
index d0c077b..5b16302 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
@@ -103,55 +103,27 @@  eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
 {
 	int s;
 	pthread_t thread;
-
-/*
- * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
- *
- * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were added
- * in glibc 2.3.3.
- *
- * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
- *
- * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),    CPU_ALLOC(),
- * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),  CPU_CLR_S(),
- * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and CPU_EQUAL_S()
- * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
- */
-#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
-	size_t size;
-	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
-
-	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
-	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
+	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
 
 	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
+	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpuset_t),
+				   &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
 	if (s != 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
-#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
-	cpuset_t cpuset;
-	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
-	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
+	/* acquire system unique id  */
+	rte_gettid();
+
+	/* store socket_id in TLS for quick access */
+	RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id) =
+		eal_cpuset_socket_id(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
+
+	CPU_COPY(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset, &RTE_PER_LCORE(_cpuset));
+
+	lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id);
 
-	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
-	if (s != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +146,7 @@  eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	unsigned lcore_id;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	int m2s, s2m;
+	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
@@ -185,9 +158,6 @@  eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (lcore_id == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
 		rte_panic("cannot retrieve lcore id\n");
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
-		lcore_id, thread_id);
-
 	m2s = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_master2slave[0];
 	s2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_slave2master[1];
 
@@ -198,6 +168,11 @@  eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
 		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
 
+	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s])\n",
+		lcore_id, thread_id, cpuset);
+
 	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
 	while (1) {
 		void *fct_arg;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index f99e158..c95adec 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
 	struct shared_driver *solib = NULL;
 	const char *logid;
+	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
 
 	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
 		return -1;
@@ -802,8 +803,10 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%x)\n",
-		rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id);
+	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready (tid=%x;cpuset=[%s])\n",
+		rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id, cpuset);
 
 	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
index ed20c93..6eb1525 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ 
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_memcpy.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
@@ -97,61 +98,34 @@  rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned slave_id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* set affinity for current thread */
+/* set affinity for current EAL thread */
 static int
 eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
 {
 	int s;
 	pthread_t thread;
-
-/*
- * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
- *
- * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were added
- * in glibc 2.3.3.
- *
- * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
- *
- * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),    CPU_ALLOC(),
- * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),  CPU_CLR_S(),
- * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and CPU_EQUAL_S()
- * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
- */
-#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
-	size_t size;
-	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
-
-	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
-	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
+	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
 
 	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
+	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t),
+				   &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
 	if (s != 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
-#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
-	cpu_set_t cpuset;
-	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
-	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
+	/* acquire system unique id  */
+	rte_gettid();
+
+	/* store socket_id in TLS for quick access */
+	RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id) =
+		eal_cpuset_socket_id(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
+
+	rte_memcpy(&RTE_PER_LCORE(_cpuset),
+		   &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset, sizeof(rte_cpuset_t));
+
+	lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id);
 
-	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
-	if (s != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +148,7 @@  eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	unsigned lcore_id;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	int m2s, s2m;
+	char cpuset[CPU_STR_LEN];
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
@@ -185,9 +160,6 @@  eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (lcore_id == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
 		rte_panic("cannot retrieve lcore id\n");
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Core %u is ready (tid=%x)\n",
-		lcore_id, (int)thread_id);
-
 	m2s = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_master2slave[0];
 	s2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_slave2master[1];
 
@@ -198,6 +170,11 @@  eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
 		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
 
+	eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, CPU_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%x;cpuset=[%s])\n",
+		lcore_id, (int)thread_id, cpuset);
+
 	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
 	while (1) {
 		void *fct_arg;