[dpdk-dev,v4,02/17] eal: new eal option '--lcores' for cpu assignment

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State Superseded, archived
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Commit Message

Cunming Liang Feb. 2, 2015, 2:02 a.m. UTC
  It supports one new eal long option '--lcores' for EAL thread cpuset assignment.

The format pattern:
	--lcores='lcores[@cpus]<,lcores[@cpus]>'
lcores, cpus could be a single digit/range or a group.
'(' and ')' are necessary if it's a group.
If not supply '@cpus', the value of cpus uses the same as lcores.

e.g. '1,2@(5-7),(3-5)@(0,2),(0,6),7-8' means starting 9 EAL thread as below
  lcore 0 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
  lcore 1 runs on cpuset 0x2 (cpu 1)
  lcore 2 runs on cpuset 0xe0 (cpu 5,6,7)
  lcore 3,4,5 runs on cpuset 0x5 (cpu 0,2)
  lcore 6 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
  lcore 7 runs on cpuset 0x80 (cpu 7)
  lcore 8 runs on cpuset 0x100 (cpu 8)

Signed-off-by: Cunming Liang <cunming.liang@intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c  |   1 -
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 300 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h        |   2 +
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile       |   1 +
 4 files changed, 299 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Olivier Matz Feb. 8, 2015, 7:59 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi,

On 02/02/2015 03:02 AM, Cunming Liang wrote:
> It supports one new eal long option '--lcores' for EAL thread cpuset assignment.
> 
> The format pattern:
> 	--lcores='lcores[@cpus]<,lcores[@cpus]>'
> lcores, cpus could be a single digit/range or a group.
> '(' and ')' are necessary if it's a group.
> If not supply '@cpus', the value of cpus uses the same as lcores.
> 
> e.g. '1,2@(5-7),(3-5)@(0,2),(0,6),7-8' means starting 9 EAL thread as below
>   lcore 0 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
>   lcore 1 runs on cpuset 0x2 (cpu 1)
>   lcore 2 runs on cpuset 0xe0 (cpu 5,6,7)
>   lcore 3,4,5 runs on cpuset 0x5 (cpu 0,2)
>   lcore 6 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
>   lcore 7 runs on cpuset 0x80 (cpu 7)
>   lcore 8 runs on cpuset 0x100 (cpu 8)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cunming Liang <cunming.liang@intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c  |   1 -
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 300 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h        |   2 +
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile       |   1 +
>  4 files changed, 299 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
> index 599f83b..2d732b1 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
> @@ -117,4 +117,3 @@ rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore(void)
>  		rte_eal_wait_lcore(lcore_id);
>  	}
>  }
> -


This line should be removed from the patch.


> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> index 67e02dc..29ebb6f 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>  #include <rte_lcore.h>
>  #include <rte_version.h>
>  #include <rte_devargs.h>
> +#include <rte_memcpy.h>
>  
>  #include "eal_internal_cfg.h"
>  #include "eal_options.h"
> @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ eal_long_options[] = {
>  	{OPT_XEN_DOM0, 0, 0, OPT_XEN_DOM0_NUM},
>  	{OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV, 1, NULL, OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV_NUM},
>  	{OPT_VFIO_INTR, 1, NULL, OPT_VFIO_INTR_NUM},
> +	{OPT_LCORES, 1, 0, OPT_LCORES_NUM},
>  	{0, 0, 0, 0}
>  };
>  
> @@ -255,9 +257,11 @@ eal_parse_corelist(const char *corelist)
>  			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
>  				min = idx;
>  			for (idx = min; idx <= max; idx++) {
> -				cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_RTE;
> -				lcore_config[idx].core_index = count;
> -				count++;
> +				if (cfg->lcore_role[idx] != ROLE_RTE) {
> +					cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_RTE;
> +					lcore_config[idx].core_index = count;
> +					count++;
> +				}
>  			}
>  			min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
>  		} else
> @@ -292,6 +296,279 @@ eal_parse_master_lcore(const char *arg)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Parse elem, the elem could be single number/range or '(' ')' group
> + * Within group elem, '-' used for a range seperator;
> + *                    ',' used for a single number.
> + */
> +static int
> +eal_parse_set(const char *input, uint16_t set[], unsigned num)

It's not very clear what elem is. Maybe it could be a bit reworded.
What about naming the function "eal_parse_cpuset()" instead?


> +{
> +	unsigned idx;
> +	const char *str = input;
> +	char *end = NULL;
> +	unsigned min, max;
> +
> +	memset(set, 0, num * sizeof(uint16_t));
> +
> +	while (isblank(*str))
> +		str++;
> +
> +	/* only digit or left bracket is qulify for start point */
> +	if ((!isdigit(*str) && *str != '(') || *str == '\0')
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	/* process single number or single range of number */
> +	if (*str != '(') {
> +		errno = 0;
> +		idx = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
> +		if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
> +			return -1;
> +		else {
> +			while (isblank(*end))
> +				end++;
> +
> +			min = idx;
> +			max = idx;
> +			if (*end == '-') {
> +				/* proccess single <number>-<number> */
> +				end++;
> +				while (isblank(*end))
> +					end++;
> +				if (!isdigit(*end))
> +					return -1;
> +
> +				errno = 0;
> +				idx = strtoul(end, &end, 10);
> +				if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
> +					return -1;
> +				max = idx;
> +				while (isblank(*end))
> +					end++;
> +				if (*end != ',' && *end != '\0')
> +					return -1;
> +			}
> +
> +			if (*end != ',' && *end != '\0' &&
> +			    *end != '@')
> +				return -1;
> +
> +			for (idx = RTE_MIN(min, max);
> +			     idx <= RTE_MAX(min, max); idx++)
> +				set[idx] = 1;
> +
> +			return end - input;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	/* process set within bracket */
> +	str++;
> +	while (isblank(*str))
> +		str++;
> +	if (*str == '\0')
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
> +	do {
> +
> +		/* go ahead to the first digit */
> +		while (isblank(*str))
> +			str++;
> +		if (!isdigit(*str))
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		/* get the digit value */
> +		errno = 0;
> +		idx = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
> +		if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		/* go ahead to separator '-',',' and ')' */
> +		while (isblank(*end))
> +			end++;
> +		if (*end == '-') {
> +			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
> +				min = idx;
> +			else /* avoid continuous '-' */
> +				return -1;
> +		} else if ((*end == ',') || (*end == ')')) {
> +			max = idx;
> +			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
> +				min = idx;
> +			for (idx = RTE_MIN(min, max);
> +			     idx <= RTE_MAX(min, max); idx++)
> +				set[idx] = 1;
> +
> +			min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
> +		} else
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		str = end + 1;
> +	} while (*end != '\0' && *end != ')');
> +
> +	return str - input;
> +}

In the function above, there are some typos in the comments
 seperator -> separator
 qulify -> qualify
 proccess -> process

> +
> +/* convert from set array to cpuset bitmap */
> +static inline int
> +convert_to_cpuset(rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp,
> +	      uint16_t *set, unsigned num)

I don't think the function should be inlined



Regards,
Olivier
  
Cunming Liang Feb. 9, 2015, 11:45 a.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olivier MATZ [mailto:olivier.matz@6wind.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 4:00 AM
> To: Liang, Cunming; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/17] eal: new eal option '--lcores' for cpu
> assignment
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 02/02/2015 03:02 AM, Cunming Liang wrote:
> > It supports one new eal long option '--lcores' for EAL thread cpuset assignment.
> >
> > The format pattern:
> > 	--lcores='lcores[@cpus]<,lcores[@cpus]>'
> > lcores, cpus could be a single digit/range or a group.
> > '(' and ')' are necessary if it's a group.
> > If not supply '@cpus', the value of cpus uses the same as lcores.
> >
> > e.g. '1,2@(5-7),(3-5)@(0,2),(0,6),7-8' means starting 9 EAL thread as below
> >   lcore 0 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
> >   lcore 1 runs on cpuset 0x2 (cpu 1)
> >   lcore 2 runs on cpuset 0xe0 (cpu 5,6,7)
> >   lcore 3,4,5 runs on cpuset 0x5 (cpu 0,2)
> >   lcore 6 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
> >   lcore 7 runs on cpuset 0x80 (cpu 7)
> >   lcore 8 runs on cpuset 0x100 (cpu 8)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cunming Liang <cunming.liang@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c  |   1 -
> >  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 300
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h        |   2 +
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile       |   1 +
> >  4 files changed, 299 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
> > index 599f83b..2d732b1 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
> > @@ -117,4 +117,3 @@ rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore(void)
> >  		rte_eal_wait_lcore(lcore_id);
> >  	}
> >  }
> > -
> 
> 
> This line should be removed from the patch.
[LCM] Accept.
> 
> 
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> > index 67e02dc..29ebb6f 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
> >  #include <rte_lcore.h>
> >  #include <rte_version.h>
> >  #include <rte_devargs.h>
> > +#include <rte_memcpy.h>
> >
> >  #include "eal_internal_cfg.h"
> >  #include "eal_options.h"
> > @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ eal_long_options[] = {
> >  	{OPT_XEN_DOM0, 0, 0, OPT_XEN_DOM0_NUM},
> >  	{OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV, 1, NULL, OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV_NUM},
> >  	{OPT_VFIO_INTR, 1, NULL, OPT_VFIO_INTR_NUM},
> > +	{OPT_LCORES, 1, 0, OPT_LCORES_NUM},
> >  	{0, 0, 0, 0}
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -255,9 +257,11 @@ eal_parse_corelist(const char *corelist)
> >  			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
> >  				min = idx;
> >  			for (idx = min; idx <= max; idx++) {
> > -				cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_RTE;
> > -				lcore_config[idx].core_index = count;
> > -				count++;
> > +				if (cfg->lcore_role[idx] != ROLE_RTE) {
> > +					cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_RTE;
> > +					lcore_config[idx].core_index = count;
> > +					count++;
> > +				}
> >  			}
> >  			min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
> >  		} else
> > @@ -292,6 +296,279 @@ eal_parse_master_lcore(const char *arg)
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Parse elem, the elem could be single number/range or '(' ')' group
> > + * Within group elem, '-' used for a range seperator;
> > + *                    ',' used for a single number.
> > + */
> > +static int
> > +eal_parse_set(const char *input, uint16_t set[], unsigned num)
> 
> It's not very clear what elem is. Maybe it could be a bit reworded.
> What about naming the function "eal_parse_cpuset()" instead?
[LCM] As it not only parse cpuset but also used for lcore set, so 'eal_parse_cpuset' is not accurate.
The set/elem here identify for a single number (e.g. 1), a number range (e.g. 4-6) or a group (e.g. (3,4-8,9) ).
I'll reword the comment for better understand. Thanks.
> 
> 
> > +{
> > +	unsigned idx;
> > +	const char *str = input;
> > +	char *end = NULL;
> > +	unsigned min, max;
> > +
> > +	memset(set, 0, num * sizeof(uint16_t));
> > +
> > +	while (isblank(*str))
> > +		str++;
> > +
> > +	/* only digit or left bracket is qulify for start point */
> > +	if ((!isdigit(*str) && *str != '(') || *str == '\0')
> > +		return -1;
> > +
> > +	/* process single number or single range of number */
> > +	if (*str != '(') {
> > +		errno = 0;
> > +		idx = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
> > +		if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
> > +			return -1;
> > +		else {
> > +			while (isblank(*end))
> > +				end++;
> > +
> > +			min = idx;
> > +			max = idx;
> > +			if (*end == '-') {
> > +				/* proccess single <number>-<number> */
> > +				end++;
> > +				while (isblank(*end))
> > +					end++;
> > +				if (!isdigit(*end))
> > +					return -1;
> > +
> > +				errno = 0;
> > +				idx = strtoul(end, &end, 10);
> > +				if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
> > +					return -1;
> > +				max = idx;
> > +				while (isblank(*end))
> > +					end++;
> > +				if (*end != ',' && *end != '\0')
> > +					return -1;
> > +			}
> > +
> > +			if (*end != ',' && *end != '\0' &&
> > +			    *end != '@')
> > +				return -1;
> > +
> > +			for (idx = RTE_MIN(min, max);
> > +			     idx <= RTE_MAX(min, max); idx++)
> > +				set[idx] = 1;
> > +
> > +			return end - input;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* process set within bracket */
> > +	str++;
> > +	while (isblank(*str))
> > +		str++;
> > +	if (*str == '\0')
> > +		return -1;
> > +
> > +	min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
> > +	do {
> > +
> > +		/* go ahead to the first digit */
> > +		while (isblank(*str))
> > +			str++;
> > +		if (!isdigit(*str))
> > +			return -1;
> > +
> > +		/* get the digit value */
> > +		errno = 0;
> > +		idx = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
> > +		if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
> > +			return -1;
> > +
> > +		/* go ahead to separator '-',',' and ')' */
> > +		while (isblank(*end))
> > +			end++;
> > +		if (*end == '-') {
> > +			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
> > +				min = idx;
> > +			else /* avoid continuous '-' */
> > +				return -1;
> > +		} else if ((*end == ',') || (*end == ')')) {
> > +			max = idx;
> > +			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
> > +				min = idx;
> > +			for (idx = RTE_MIN(min, max);
> > +			     idx <= RTE_MAX(min, max); idx++)
> > +				set[idx] = 1;
> > +
> > +			min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
> > +		} else
> > +			return -1;
> > +
> > +		str = end + 1;
> > +	} while (*end != '\0' && *end != ')');
> > +
> > +	return str - input;
> > +}
> 
> In the function above, there are some typos in the comments
>  seperator -> separator
>  qulify -> qualify
>  proccess -> process
[LCM] Sorry for that, will fix it.
> 
> > +
> > +/* convert from set array to cpuset bitmap */
> > +static inline int
> > +convert_to_cpuset(rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp,
> > +	      uint16_t *set, unsigned num)
> 
> I don't think the function should be inlined
[LCM] accept.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Olivier
  

Patch

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
index 599f83b..2d732b1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
@@ -117,4 +117,3 @@  rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore(void)
 		rte_eal_wait_lcore(lcore_id);
 	}
 }
-
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index 67e02dc..29ebb6f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ 
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_version.h>
 #include <rte_devargs.h>
+#include <rte_memcpy.h>
 
 #include "eal_internal_cfg.h"
 #include "eal_options.h"
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@  eal_long_options[] = {
 	{OPT_XEN_DOM0, 0, 0, OPT_XEN_DOM0_NUM},
 	{OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV, 1, NULL, OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV_NUM},
 	{OPT_VFIO_INTR, 1, NULL, OPT_VFIO_INTR_NUM},
+	{OPT_LCORES, 1, 0, OPT_LCORES_NUM},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -255,9 +257,11 @@  eal_parse_corelist(const char *corelist)
 			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
 				min = idx;
 			for (idx = min; idx <= max; idx++) {
-				cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_RTE;
-				lcore_config[idx].core_index = count;
-				count++;
+				if (cfg->lcore_role[idx] != ROLE_RTE) {
+					cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_RTE;
+					lcore_config[idx].core_index = count;
+					count++;
+				}
 			}
 			min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
 		} else
@@ -292,6 +296,279 @@  eal_parse_master_lcore(const char *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Parse elem, the elem could be single number/range or '(' ')' group
+ * Within group elem, '-' used for a range seperator;
+ *                    ',' used for a single number.
+ */
+static int
+eal_parse_set(const char *input, uint16_t set[], unsigned num)
+{
+	unsigned idx;
+	const char *str = input;
+	char *end = NULL;
+	unsigned min, max;
+
+	memset(set, 0, num * sizeof(uint16_t));
+
+	while (isblank(*str))
+		str++;
+
+	/* only digit or left bracket is qulify for start point */
+	if ((!isdigit(*str) && *str != '(') || *str == '\0')
+		return -1;
+
+	/* process single number or single range of number */
+	if (*str != '(') {
+		errno = 0;
+		idx = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
+		if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
+			return -1;
+		else {
+			while (isblank(*end))
+				end++;
+
+			min = idx;
+			max = idx;
+			if (*end == '-') {
+				/* proccess single <number>-<number> */
+				end++;
+				while (isblank(*end))
+					end++;
+				if (!isdigit(*end))
+					return -1;
+
+				errno = 0;
+				idx = strtoul(end, &end, 10);
+				if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
+					return -1;
+				max = idx;
+				while (isblank(*end))
+					end++;
+				if (*end != ',' && *end != '\0')
+					return -1;
+			}
+
+			if (*end != ',' && *end != '\0' &&
+			    *end != '@')
+				return -1;
+
+			for (idx = RTE_MIN(min, max);
+			     idx <= RTE_MAX(min, max); idx++)
+				set[idx] = 1;
+
+			return end - input;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* process set within bracket */
+	str++;
+	while (isblank(*str))
+		str++;
+	if (*str == '\0')
+		return -1;
+
+	min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
+	do {
+
+		/* go ahead to the first digit */
+		while (isblank(*str))
+			str++;
+		if (!isdigit(*str))
+			return -1;
+
+		/* get the digit value */
+		errno = 0;
+		idx = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
+		if (errno || end == NULL || idx >= num)
+			return -1;
+
+		/* go ahead to separator '-',',' and ')' */
+		while (isblank(*end))
+			end++;
+		if (*end == '-') {
+			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
+				min = idx;
+			else /* avoid continuous '-' */
+				return -1;
+		} else if ((*end == ',') || (*end == ')')) {
+			max = idx;
+			if (min == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
+				min = idx;
+			for (idx = RTE_MIN(min, max);
+			     idx <= RTE_MAX(min, max); idx++)
+				set[idx] = 1;
+
+			min = RTE_MAX_LCORE;
+		} else
+			return -1;
+
+		str = end + 1;
+	} while (*end != '\0' && *end != ')');
+
+	return str - input;
+}
+
+/* convert from set array to cpuset bitmap */
+static inline int
+convert_to_cpuset(rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp,
+	      uint16_t *set, unsigned num)
+{
+	unsigned idx;
+
+	CPU_ZERO(cpusetp);
+
+	for (idx = 0; idx < num; idx++) {
+		if (!set[idx])
+			continue;
+
+		if (!lcore_config[idx].detected) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "core %u "
+				"unavailable\n", idx);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		CPU_SET(idx, cpusetp);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The format pattern: --lcores='lcores[@cpus]<,lcores[@cpus]>'
+ * lcores, cpus could be a single digit/range or a group.
+ * '(' and ')' are necessary if it's a group.
+ * If not supply '@cpus', the value of cpus uses the same as lcores.
+ * e.g. '1,2@(5-7),(3-5)@(0,2),(0,6),7-8' means start 9 EAL thread as below
+ *   lcore 0 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
+ *   lcore 1 runs on cpuset 0x2 (cpu 1)
+ *   lcore 2 runs on cpuset 0xe0 (cpu 5,6,7)
+ *   lcore 3,4,5 runs on cpuset 0x5 (cpu 0,2)
+ *   lcore 6 runs on cpuset 0x41 (cpu 0,6)
+ *   lcore 7 runs on cpuset 0x80 (cpu 7)
+ *   lcore 8 runs on cpuset 0x100 (cpu 8)
+ */
+static int
+eal_parse_lcores(const char *lcores)
+{
+	struct rte_config *cfg = rte_eal_get_configuration();
+	static uint16_t set[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
+	unsigned idx = 0;
+	int i;
+	unsigned count = 0;
+	const char *lcore_start = NULL;
+	const char *end = NULL;
+	int offset;
+	rte_cpuset_t cpuset;
+	int lflags = 0;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	if (lcores == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Remove all blank characters ahead and after */
+	while (isblank(*lcores))
+		lcores++;
+	i = strnlen(lcores, sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX));
+	while ((i > 0) && isblank(lcores[i - 1]))
+		i--;
+
+	CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+
+	/* Reset lcore config */
+	for (idx = 0; idx < RTE_MAX_LCORE; idx++) {
+		cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_OFF;
+		lcore_config[idx].core_index = -1;
+		CPU_ZERO(&lcore_config[idx].cpuset);
+	}
+
+	/* Get list of cores */
+	do {
+		while (isblank(*lcores))
+			lcores++;
+		if (*lcores == '\0')
+			goto err;
+
+		/* record lcore_set start point */
+		lcore_start = lcores;
+
+		/* go across a complete bracket */
+		if (*lcore_start == '(') {
+			lcores += strcspn(lcores, ")");
+			if (*lcores++ == '\0')
+				goto err;
+		}
+
+		/* scan the separator '@', ','(next) or '\0'(finish) */
+		lcores += strcspn(lcores, "@,");
+
+		if (*lcores == '@') {
+			/* explict assign cpu_set */
+			offset = eal_parse_set(lcores + 1, set, RTE_DIM(set));
+			if (offset < 0)
+				goto err;
+
+			/* prepare cpu_set and update the end cursor */
+			if (0 > convert_to_cpuset(&cpuset,
+						  set, RTE_DIM(set)))
+				goto err;
+			end = lcores + 1 + offset;
+		} else { /* ',' or '\0' */
+			/* haven't given cpu_set, current loop done */
+			end = lcores;
+
+			/* go back to check <number>-<number> */
+			offset = strcspn(lcore_start, "-");
+			if (offset < (end - lcore_start))
+				lflags = 1;
+		}
+
+		if (*end != ',' && *end != '\0')
+			goto err;
+
+		/* parse lcore_set from start point */
+		if (0 > eal_parse_set(lcore_start, set, RTE_DIM(set)))
+			goto err;
+
+		/* without '@', by default using lcore_set as cpu_set */
+		if (*lcores != '@' &&
+		    0 > convert_to_cpuset(&cpuset, set, RTE_DIM(set)))
+			goto err;
+
+		/* start to update lcore_set */
+		for (idx = 0; idx < RTE_MAX_LCORE; idx++) {
+			if (!set[idx])
+				continue;
+
+			if (cfg->lcore_role[idx] != ROLE_RTE) {
+				lcore_config[idx].core_index = count;
+				cfg->lcore_role[idx] = ROLE_RTE;
+				count++;
+			}
+
+			if (lflags) {
+				CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+				CPU_SET(idx, &cpuset);
+			}
+			rte_memcpy(&lcore_config[idx].cpuset, &cpuset,
+				   sizeof(rte_cpuset_t));
+		}
+
+		lcores = end + 1;
+	} while (*end != '\0');
+
+	if (count == 0)
+		goto err;
+
+	cfg->lcore_count = count;
+	lcores_parsed = 1;
+	ret = 0;
+
+err:
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int
 eal_parse_syslog(const char *facility, struct internal_config *conf)
 {
@@ -492,6 +769,13 @@  eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 		conf->log_level = log;
 		break;
 	}
+	case OPT_LCORES_NUM:
+		if (eal_parse_lcores(optarg) < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameter for --"
+				OPT_LCORES "\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		break;
 
 	/* don't know what to do, leave this to caller */
 	default:
@@ -530,7 +814,7 @@  eal_check_common_options(struct internal_config *internal_cfg)
 
 	if (!lcores_parsed) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU cores must be enabled with options "
-			"-c or -l\n");
+			"-c, -l or --lcores\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (cfg->lcore_role[cfg->master_lcore] != ROLE_RTE) {
@@ -586,6 +870,14 @@  eal_common_usage(void)
 	       "                 The argument format is <c1>[-c2][,c3[-c4],...]\n"
 	       "                 where c1, c2, etc are core indexes between 0 and %d\n"
 	       "  --"OPT_MASTER_LCORE" ID: Core ID that is used as master\n"
+	       "  --"OPT_LCORES" MAP: maps between lcore_set to phys_cpu_set\n"
+	       "                 The argument format is\n"
+	       "                       'lcores[@cpus]<,lcores[@cpus],...>'\n"
+	       "                 lcores and cpus list are grouped by '(' and ')'\n"
+	       "                 Within the group, '-' is used for range separator,\n"
+	       "                 ',' is used for single number separator.\n"
+	       "                 '( )' can be omitted for single element group, '@' \n"
+	       "                 can be omitted if cpus and lcores has the same value\n"
 	       "  -n NUM       : Number of memory channels\n"
 	       "  -v           : Display version information on startup\n"
 	       "  -m MB        : memory to allocate (see also --"OPT_SOCKET_MEM")\n"
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
index e476f8d..a1cc59f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@  enum {
 	OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV_NUM,
 #define OPT_VFIO_INTR    "vfio-intr"
 	OPT_VFIO_INTR_NUM,
+#define OPT_LCORES "lcores"
+	OPT_LCORES_NUM,
 	OPT_LONG_MAX_NUM
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
index 0e9c447..025d836 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@  CFLAGS_eal_hugepage_info.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_pci.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_pci_vfio.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_common_whitelist.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
+CFLAGS_eal_common_options.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 # workaround for a gcc bug with noreturn attribute
 # http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12603