New upstream version 17.11.1

[deb_dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / common / include / rte_service.h

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h
index 9272440..80b90fa 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
+#include <rte_config.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 
 #define RTE_SERVICE_NAME_MAX 32
@@ -274,7 +275,9 @@ int32_t rte_service_run_iter_on_app_lcore(uint32_t id,
  * Start a service core.
  *
  * Starting a core makes the core begin polling. Any services assigned to it
- * will be run as fast as possible.
+ * will be run as fast as possible. The application must ensure that the lcore
+ * is in a launchable state: e.g. call *rte_eal_lcore_wait* on the lcore_id
+ * before calling this function.
  *
  * @retval 0 Success
  * @retval -EINVAL Failed to start core. The *lcore_id* passed in is not