[ovs-dev] [PATCH 4/6] dpif-netdev: Allow controlling non PMD threads' affinity

[Traynor, Kevin]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of Daniele Di
> Proietto
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 6:05 PM
> To: dev at openvswitch.org
> Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH 4/6] dpif-netdev: Allow controlling non PMD
> threads' affinity
> 
> This commit introduces the 'other_config:nonpmd-cpu-mask' key to control
> the CPU affinity of non PMD threads.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniele Di Proietto <diproiettod at vmware.com>
> ---

[snip]

>  static char *
> diff --git a/lib/dpif-provider.h b/lib/dpif-provider.h
> index 7b4878eb..3612766 100644
> --- a/lib/dpif-provider.h
> +++ b/lib/dpif-provider.h
> @@ -309,9 +309,10 @@ struct dpif_class {
>      /* If 'dpif' creates its own I/O polling threads, refreshes poll threads
>       * configuration.  'n_rxqs' configures the number of rx_queues, which
>       * are distributed among threads.  'cmask' configures the cpu mask
> -     * for setting the polling threads' cpu affinity. */
> +     * for setting the polling threads' cpu affinity.  'cmask_nonpmd'
> +     * configures the cpumask of the remaining OVS threads */
>      int (*poll_threads_set)(struct dpif *dpif, unsigned int n_rxqs,
> -                            const char *cmask);
> +                            const char *cmask, const char *cmask_nonpmd);

You should probably rename cmask to cmask_pmd similar to how you have made the 
names more specific elsewhere.