rte_per_lcore.h(3)

💖 rte_per_lcore.h 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is per-lcore variables in RTE and it's lowkey iconic 🌸 — it's a page from the Library Functions Manual and fr fr it's short but every line eats.

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✨ NAME ✨

rte_per_lcore.h — the header that lets you have "global variables" that are actually per-lcore 👑

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

🎀 Macros 🎀

#define RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(type,  name)
#define RTE_DECLARE_PER_LCORE(type,  name)
#define RTE_PER_LCORE(name)

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🦋 Detailed Description 🦋

so basically, this file defines an API for instantiating per-lcore "globalvariables" that are environment-specific. no cap.

⚠️ important note bestie: in all environments, a "shared variable" is the default when you use a global variable. like, that's the baseline behavior, periodt.

parts of this are execution environment specific. iykyk 💅

definition lives in the file rte_per_lcore.h.

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🔥 Macro Definition Documentation 🔥

💜 #define RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE( type, name)

Value:

__thread type per_lcore_##name

this macro defines a per lcore variable named "var" of type "type". and listen — do NOT use keywords like "static" or "volatile" in type 🙈, just prefix the whole macro instead. trust.

📍 Definition at line 33 of file rte_per_lcore.h.

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🫶 #define RTE_DECLARE_PER_LCORE( type, name)

Value:

extern __thread type per_lcore_##name

this one declares an extern per lcore variable named "var" of type "type" ✨. the extern glow-up, if you will.

📍 Definition at line 39 of file rte_per_lcore.h.

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⭐ #define RTE_PER_LCORE( name)

Value:

(per_lcore_##name)

read/write the per-lcore variable value 💫 like, get it and set it, main character energy.

📍 Definition at line 46 of file rte_per_lcore.h.

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👑 Author 👑

generated automatically by Doxygen for DPDK from the source code. not a human author bestie, it's the machine doing its little thing 🤖💖

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