rte_thread.h(3) DPDK rte_thread.h(3) NAME rte_thread.h SYNOPSIS #include <stdint.h> #include <rte_os.h> #include <rte_compat.h> Data Structures struct rte_thread_t struct rte_thread_attr_t Macros #define RTE_THREAD_NAME_SIZE 16 #define RTE_THREAD_INTERNAL_PREFIX 'dpdk-' #define RTE_THREAD_INTERNAL_NAME_SIZE 11 Typedefs typedef uint32_t(* rte_thread_func) (void *arg) typedef struct eal_tls_key * rte_thread_key Enumerations enum rte_thread_priority { RTE_THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL = 0, RTE_THREAD_PRI- ORITY_REALTIME_CRITICAL = 1 } Functions int rte_thread_create (rte_thread_t *thread_id, const rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr, rte_thread_func thread_func, void *arg) int rte_thread_create_control (rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name, rte_thread_func thread_func, void *arg) __rte_internal int rte_thread_create_internal_control (rte_thread_t *id, const char *name, rte_thread_func func, void *arg) int rte_thread_join (rte_thread_t thread_id, uint32_t *value_ptr) int rte_thread_detach (rte_thread_t thread_id) rte_thread_t rte_thread_self (void) void rte_thread_set_name (rte_thread_t thread_id, const char *thread_name) __rte_internal void rte_thread_set_prefixed_name (rte_thread_t id, const char *name) int rte_thread_equal (rte_thread_t t1, rte_thread_t t2) int rte_thread_attr_init (rte_thread_attr_t *attr) int rte_thread_attr_set_priority (rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr, enum rte_thread_priority priority) int rte_thread_attr_set_affinity (rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset) int rte_thread_attr_get_affinity (rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset) int rte_thread_set_affinity_by_id (rte_thread_t thread_id, const rte_cpuset_t *cpuset) int rte_thread_get_affinity_by_id (rte_thread_t thread_id, rte_cpuset_t *cpuset) int rte_thread_set_affinity (rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp) void rte_thread_get_affinity (rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp) int rte_thread_get_priority (rte_thread_t thread_id, enum rte_thread_prior- ity *priority) int rte_thread_set_priority (rte_thread_t thread_id, enum rte_thread_prior- ity priority) int rte_thread_key_create (rte_thread_key *key, void(*destructor)(void *)) int rte_thread_key_delete (rte_thread_key key) int rte_thread_value_set (rte_thread_key key, const void *value) void * rte_thread_value_get (rte_thread_key key) Detailed Description Threading functions Simple threads functionality supplied by EAL. Definition in file rte_thread.h. Macro Definition Documentation #define RTE_THREAD_NAME_SIZE 16 Maximum thread name length (including '\0'). Definition at line 27 of file rte_thread.h. #define RTE_THREAD_INTERNAL_PREFIX 'dpdk-' Thread name prefix automatically added to all internal threads. Definition at line 32 of file rte_thread.h. #define RTE_THREAD_INTERNAL_NAME_SIZE 11 Maximum internal thread name length (including '\0'). Definition at line 34 of file rte_thread.h. Typedef Documentation typedef uint32_t(* rte_thread_func) (void *arg) Thread function Function pointer to thread start routine. Parameters arg Argument passed to rte_thread_create(). Returns Thread function exit value. Definition at line 53 of file rte_thread.h. typedef struct eal_tls_key* rte_thread_key TLS key type, an opaque pointer. Definition at line 78 of file rte_thread.h. Enumeration Type Documentation enum rte_thread_priority Thread priority values. Enumerator RTE_THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL normal thread priority, the default RTE_THREAD_PRIORITY_REALTIME_CRITICAL highest thread priority allowed Definition at line 58 of file rte_thread.h. Function Documentation int rte_thread_create (rte_thread_t * thread_id, const rte_thread_attr_t * thread_attr, rte_thread_func thread_func, void * arg) Create a new thread that will invoke the 'thread_func' routine. Parameters thread_id A pointer that will store the id of the newly created thread. thread_attr Attributes that are used at the creation of the new thread. thread_func The routine that the new thread will invoke when starting execution. arg Argument to be passed to the 'thread_func' routine. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_create_control (rte_thread_t * thread, const char * name, rte_thread_func thread_func, void * arg) Create a control thread. Creates a control thread with the given name and attributes. The affinity of the new thread is based on the CPU affinity retrieved at the time rte_eal_init() was called, the EAL threads are then excluded. If setting the name of the thread fails, the error is ignored and a debug message is logged. Parameters thread Filled with the thread id of the new created thread. name The name of the control thread (max RTE_THREAD_NAME_SIZE charac- ters including '\0'). thread_func Function to be executed by the new thread. arg Argument passed to thread_func. Returns On success, returns 0; on error, it returns a negative value corre- sponding to the error number. __rte_internal int rte_thread_create_internal_control (rte_thread_t * id, const char * name, rte_thread_func func, void * arg) Create an internal control thread. Creates a control thread with the given name prefixed. If setting the name of the thread fails, the error is ignored and logged. The affinity of the new thread is based on the CPU affinity retrieved at the time rte_eal_init() was called, the EAL threads are then excluded. Parameters id Filled with the thread ID of the new created thread. name The name of the control thread. See RTE_THREAD_INTERNAL_NAME_SIZE for maximum length. The name of the driver or library should be first, then followed by a hyphen and more details. It will be prefixed with RTE_THREAD_INTERNAL_PREFIX by this function. func Function to be executed by the new thread. arg Argument passed to func. Returns On success, returns 0; a negative value otherwise. int rte_thread_join (rte_thread_t thread_id, uint32_t * value_ptr) Waits for the thread identified by 'thread_id' to terminate Parameters thread_id The identifier of the thread. value_ptr Stores the exit status of the thread. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_detach (rte_thread_t thread_id) Indicate that the return value of the thread is not needed and all thread resources should be release when the thread terminates. Parameters thread_id The id of the thread to be detached. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. rte_thread_t rte_thread_self (void) Get the id of the calling thread. Returns Return the thread id of the calling thread. void rte_thread_set_name (rte_thread_t thread_id, const char * thread_name) Set the name of the thread. This API is a noop if the underlying platform does not support setting the thread name or the platform-specific API used to set the thread name fails. Parameters thread_id The id of the thread to set name. thread_name The name to set. Truncated to RTE_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, includ- ing terminating NUL if necessary. __rte_internal void rte_thread_set_prefixed_name (rte_thread_t id, const char * name) Set the name of an internal thread with the common prefix. This API is a noop if the underlying platform does not support setting the thread name, or if it fails. Parameters id The ID of the thread to set name. name The name to set after being prefixed. See RTE_THREAD_INTER- NAL_NAME_SIZE for maximum length. The name of the driver or library should be first, then followed by a hyphen and more details. It will be prefixed with RTE_THREAD_INTERNAL_PREFIX by this function. int rte_thread_equal (rte_thread_t t1, rte_thread_t t2) Check if 2 thread ids are equal. Parameters t1 First thread id. t2 Second thread id. Returns If the ids are equal, return nonzero. Otherwise, return 0. int rte_thread_attr_init (rte_thread_attr_t * attr) Initialize the attributes of a thread. These attributes can be passed to the rte_thread_create() function that will create a new thread and set its attributes according to attr. Parameters attr Thread attributes to initialize. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_attr_set_priority (rte_thread_attr_t * thread_attr, enum rte_thread_priority priority) Set the thread priority value in the thread attributes pointed to by 'thread_attr'. Parameters thread_attr Points to the thread attributes in which priority will be updated. priority Points to the value of the priority to be set. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_attr_set_affinity (rte_thread_attr_t * thread_attr, rte_cpuset_t * cpuset) Set the CPU affinity value in the thread attributes pointed to by 'thread_attr'. Parameters thread_attr Points to the thread attributes in which affinity will be updated. cpuset Points to the value of the affinity to be set. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_attr_get_affinity (rte_thread_attr_t * thread_attr, rte_cpuset_t * cpuset) Get the value of CPU affinity that is set in the thread attributes pointed to by 'thread_attr'. Parameters thread_attr Points to the thread attributes from which affinity will be retrieved. cpuset Pointer to the memory that will store the affinity. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_set_affinity_by_id (rte_thread_t thread_id, const rte_cpuset_t * cpuset) Set the affinity of thread 'thread_id' to the cpu set specified by 'cpuset'. Parameters thread_id Id of the thread for which to set the affinity. cpuset Pointer to CPU affinity to set. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_get_affinity_by_id (rte_thread_t thread_id, rte_cpuset_t * cpuset) Get the affinity of thread 'thread_id' and store it in 'cpuset'. Parameters thread_id Id of the thread for which to get the affinity. cpuset Pointer for storing the affinity value. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_set_affinity (rte_cpuset_t * cpusetp) Set core affinity of the current thread. Support both EAL and non-EAL thread and update TLS. Parameters cpusetp Pointer to CPU affinity to set. Returns On success, return 0; otherwise return -1; void rte_thread_get_affinity (rte_cpuset_t * cpusetp) Get core affinity of the current thread. Parameters cpusetp Pointer to CPU affinity of current thread. It presumes input is not NULL, otherwise it causes panic. int rte_thread_get_priority (rte_thread_t thread_id, enum rte_thread_priority * priority) Get the priority of a thread. Parameters thread_id Id of the thread for which to get priority. priority Location to store the retrieved priority. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_set_priority (rte_thread_t thread_id, enum rte_thread_priority priority) Set the priority of a thread. Parameters thread_id Id of the thread for which to set priority. priority Priority value to be set. Returns On success, return 0. On failure, return a positive errno-style error number. int rte_thread_key_create (rte_thread_key * key, void(*)(void *) destructor) Create a TLS data key visible to all threads in the process. the created key is later used to get/set a value. and optional destructor can be set to be called when a thread exits. Parameters key Pointer to store the allocated key. destructor The function to be called when the thread exits. Ignored on Windows OS. Returns On success, zero. On failure, a negative number and an error number is set in rte_errno. rte_errno can be: ENOMEM - Memory allocation error. ENOEXEC - Specific OS error. int rte_thread_key_delete (rte_thread_key key) Delete a TLS data key visible to all threads in the process. Parameters key The key allocated by rte_thread_key_create(). Returns On success, zero. On failure, a negative number and an error number is set in rte_errno. rte_errno can be: EINVAL - Invalid parameter passed. ENOEXEC - Specific OS error. int rte_thread_value_set (rte_thread_key key, const void * value) Set value bound to the TLS key on behalf of the calling thread. Parameters key The key allocated by rte_thread_key_create(). value The value bound to the rte_thread_key key for the calling thread. Returns On success, zero. On failure, a negative number and an error number is set in rte_errno. rte_errno can be: EINVAL - Invalid parameter passed. ENOEXEC - Specific OS error. void * rte_thread_value_get (rte_thread_key key) Get value bound to the TLS key on behalf of the calling thread. Parameters key The key allocated by rte_thread_key_create(). Returns On success, value data pointer (can also be NULL). On failure, NULL and an error number is set in rte_errno. rte_errno can be: EINVAL - Invalid parameter passed. ENOEXEC - Specific OS error. Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for DPDK from the source code. Version 25.11.0 Thu Aug 27 2026 rte_thread.h(3)
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