openvpn3/openvpn/linux/core.hpp

//    OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks
//               over a single port, with support for SSL/TLS-based
//               session authentication and key exchange,
//               packet encryption, packet authentication, and
//               packet compression.
//
//    Copyright (C) 2012-2015 OpenVPN Technologies, Inc.
//
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//
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// Linux method for binding a thread to a particular core.

#ifndef OPENVPN_LINUX_CORE_H
#define OPENVPN_LINUX_CORE_H

#include <pthread.h>

#include <openvpn/common/core.hpp>

namespace openvpn {

  inline int bind_to_core(const int core_id)
  {
    const int num_cores = n_cores();
    if (core_id >= num_cores)
      return EINVAL;

    cpu_set_t cpuset;
    CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
    CPU_SET(core_id, &cpuset);

    pthread_t current_thread = pthread_self();
    return pthread_setaffinity_np(current_thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpuset);
  }
}

#endif