diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index cb11b5c..b66f6c6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i, fctret, ret;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
+	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
 
 	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
 		return -1;
@@ -502,15 +503,18 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
-		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id);
-
 	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
 
 	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
 
 	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
 
+	ret = eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
+		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id, cpuset,
+		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
+
 	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
index d0c077b..e16f685 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
@@ -101,58 +101,13 @@ rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned slave_id)
 static int
 eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
 {
-	int s;
-	pthread_t thread;
+	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
 
-/*
- * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
- *
- * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were added
- * in glibc 2.3.3.
- *
- * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
- *
- * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),    CPU_ALLOC(),
- * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),  CPU_CLR_S(),
- * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and CPU_EQUAL_S()
- * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
- */
-#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
-	size_t size;
-	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
-
-	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
-	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
+	/* acquire system unique id  */
+	rte_gettid();
 
-	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
-	if (s != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
-#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
-	cpuset_t cpuset;
-	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
-	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
-
-	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
-	if (s != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-#endif
-	return 0;
+	/* update EAL thread core affinity */
+	return rte_thread_set_affinity(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
 }
 
 void eal_thread_init_master(unsigned lcore_id)
@@ -174,6 +129,7 @@ eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	unsigned lcore_id;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	int m2s, s2m;
+	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
@@ -185,9 +141,6 @@ eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (lcore_id == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
 		rte_panic("cannot retrieve lcore id\n");
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Core %u is ready (tid=%p)\n",
-		lcore_id, thread_id);
-
 	m2s = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_master2slave[0];
 	s2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_slave2master[1];
 
@@ -198,6 +151,11 @@ eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
 		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
 
+	ret = eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
+		lcore_id, thread_id, cpuset, ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
+
 	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
 	while (1) {
 		void *fct_arg;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
index 33f558e..6a5bcbc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ rte_lcore_index(int lcore_id)
 static inline unsigned
 rte_socket_id(void)
 {
-	return lcore_config[rte_lcore_id()].socket_id;
+	return RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index f99e158..137a16c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
 	struct shared_driver *solib = NULL;
 	const char *logid;
+	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
 
 	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
 		return -1;
@@ -802,8 +803,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master core %u is ready (tid=%x)\n",
-		rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id);
+	ret = eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Master lcore %u is ready (tid=%x;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
+		rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id, cpuset,
+		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
 
 	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
index ed20c93..57b0515 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
@@ -97,62 +97,17 @@ rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned slave_id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* set affinity for current thread */
+/* set affinity for current EAL thread */
 static int
 eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
 {
-	int s;
-	pthread_t thread;
+	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
 
-/*
- * According to the section VERSIONS of the CPU_ALLOC man page:
- *
- * The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were added
- * in glibc 2.3.3.
- *
- * CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
- *
- * CPU_AND(),     CPU_OR(),     CPU_XOR(),    CPU_EQUAL(),    CPU_ALLOC(),
- * CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(),  CPU_SET_S(),  CPU_CLR_S(),
- * CPU_ISSET_S(),  CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and CPU_EQUAL_S()
- * first appeared in glibc 2.7.
- */
-#if defined(CPU_ALLOC)
-	size_t size;
-	cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
-
-	cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	if (cpusetp == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "CPU_ALLOC failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(RTE_MAX_LCORE);
-	CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
-	CPU_SET_S(rte_lcore_id(), size, cpusetp);
+	/* acquire system unique id  */
+	rte_gettid();
 
-	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, size, cpusetp);
-	if (s != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
-#else /* CPU_ALLOC */
-	cpu_set_t cpuset;
-	CPU_ZERO( &cpuset );
-	CPU_SET( rte_lcore_id(), &cpuset );
-
-	thread = pthread_self();
-	s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof( cpuset ), &cpuset);
-	if (s != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "pthread_setaffinity_np failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-#endif
-	return 0;
+	/* update EAL thread core affinity */
+	return rte_thread_set_affinity(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
 }
 
 void eal_thread_init_master(unsigned lcore_id)
@@ -174,6 +129,7 @@ eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	unsigned lcore_id;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	int m2s, s2m;
+	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
@@ -185,9 +141,6 @@ eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (lcore_id == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
 		rte_panic("cannot retrieve lcore id\n");
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Core %u is ready (tid=%x)\n",
-		lcore_id, (int)thread_id);
-
 	m2s = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_master2slave[0];
 	s2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_slave2master[1];
 
@@ -198,6 +151,11 @@ eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
 		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
 
+	ret = eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%x;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
+		lcore_id, (int)thread_id, cpuset, ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
+
 	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
 	while (1) {
 		void *fct_arg;
