From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD456A0562; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:55:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80267161B80; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:55:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAAFE4013F for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:55:40 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: C4tsJNq93zNI6/1APGAKl+uilN9x4QVvVEVSc3MVlpmHkHOzRJhebGR4EK5W3FKfQ2y29WicnT k0zHr95eUfKw== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,9954"; a="194248859" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,222,1613462400"; d="scan'208";a="194248859" Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 Apr 2021 09:55:39 -0700 IronPort-SDR: zTvT3OnVVdLULlgS4hjBWnSrZj6F28o5RJLKgGQj+hzP5dw5jMkjW+8piaYyPgY3nl72pll02Z Ro1/xv3DOQWA== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,222,1613462400"; d="scan'208";a="424815734" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.252.7.48]) by orsmga008-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 14 Apr 2021 09:55:38 -0700 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:55:35 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: David Marchand Cc: dev Message-ID: <20210414165535.GE514@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20210216094300.27889-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20210216095140.GA136@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: support using 0 as coremask for no-affinitization X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 06:15:34PM +0200, David Marchand wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 10:52 AM Bruce Richardson > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 09:43:00AM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote: > > > Allow the user to specify that they don't want any core pinning from > > > DPDK by passing in the coremask of 0. --- > > > > Apologies, missed my signoff, will add in V2, but will wait for > > feedback on this V1 first. > > I did not see a v2, is this still for 21.05? > > What are the usecases for this feature? I could think of using this in > combination with external threads in applications like OVS... ? > There was some good feedback and asks for extension of this to cover other core masks like for service cores. Unfortunately, as things stand, I'm unlikely to get enough time to work on this within 21.05 timeframe. :-( If there is still interest, perhaps someone else can pick it up to do a V2, otherwise I'll hopefully pick it up again in a few weeks for 21.08. /Bruce