}
/* grab cpu for main thread */
- if (!tm->main_lcore)
+ if (tm->main_lcore == ~0)
{
- tm->main_lcore = clib_bitmap_first_set (avail_cpu);
+ /* if main-lcore is not set, we try to use lcore 1 */
+ if (clib_bitmap_get (avail_cpu, 1))
+ tm->main_lcore = 1;
+ else
+ tm->main_lcore = clib_bitmap_first_set (avail_cpu);
if (tm->main_lcore == (u8) ~ 0)
return clib_error_return (0, "no available cpus to be used for the"
" main thread");
tm->n_thread_stacks = 1; /* account for main thread */
tm->sched_policy = ~0;
tm->sched_priority = ~0;
+ tm->main_lcore = ~0;
tr = tm->next;