[v5,1/6] eal: add thread attributes

diff --git a/lib/eal/common/meson.build b/lib/eal/common/meson.build
index 917758c..1e77dba 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eal/common/meson.build
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@  sources += files(
         'rte_random.c',
         'rte_reciprocal.c',
         'rte_service.c',
+        'rte_thread.c',
         'rte_version.c',
 )
 if is_linux or is_windows
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/rte_thread.c b/lib/eal/common/rte_thread.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..760ad62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/eal/common/rte_thread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <rte_debug.h>
+#include <rte_thread.h>
+
+int
+rte_thread_attr_init(rte_thread_attr_t *attr)
+{
+	if (attr == NULL)
+		return EINVAL;
+
+	CPU_ZERO(&attr->cpuset);
+	attr->priority = RTE_THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_thread_attr_set_affinity(rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+		rte_cpuset_t *cpuset)
+{
+	if (thread_attr == NULL)
+		return EINVAL;
+
+	if (cpuset == NULL)
+		return EINVAL;
+
+	thread_attr->cpuset = *cpuset;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_thread_attr_get_affinity(rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+		rte_cpuset_t *cpuset)
+{
+	if (thread_attr == NULL)
+		return EINVAL;
+
+	if (cpuset == NULL)
+		return EINVAL;
+
+	*cpuset = thread_attr->cpuset;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_thread_attr_set_priority(rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+		enum rte_thread_priority priority)
+{
+	if (thread_attr == NULL)
+		return EINVAL;
+
+	thread_attr->priority = priority;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
index 9e261bf..a3802de 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@  enum rte_thread_priority {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Representation for thread attributes.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	enum rte_thread_priority priority; /**< thread priority */
+	rte_cpuset_t cpuset; /**< thread affinity */
+} rte_thread_attr_t;
+
+/**
  * TLS key type, an opaque pointer.
  */
 typedef struct eal_tls_key *rte_thread_key;
@@ -57,7 +65,105 @@  enum rte_thread_priority {
 __rte_experimental
 rte_thread_t rte_thread_self(void);
 
-#ifdef RTE_HAS_CPUSET
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Check if 2 thread ids are equal.
+ *
+ * @param t1
+ *   First thread id.
+ *
+ * @param t2
+ *   Second thread id.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   If the ids are equal, return nonzero.
+ *   Otherwise, return 0.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_thread_equal(rte_thread_t t1, rte_thread_t t2);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Initialize the attributes of a thread.
+ * These attributes can be passed to the rte_thread_create() function
+ * that will create a new thread and set its attributes according to attr.
+ *
+ * @param attr
+ *   Thread attributes to initialize.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success, return 0.
+ *   On failure, return a positive errno-style error number.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_thread_attr_init(rte_thread_attr_t *attr);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Set the CPU affinity value in the thread attributes pointed to
+ * by 'thread_attr'.
+ *
+ * @param thread_attr
+ *   Points to the thread attributes in which affinity will be updated.
+ *
+ * @param cpuset
+ *   Points to the value of the affinity to be set.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success, return 0.
+ *   On failure, return a positive errno-style error number.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_thread_attr_set_affinity(rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+		rte_cpuset_t *cpuset);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Get the value of CPU affinity that is set in the thread attributes pointed
+ * to by 'thread_attr'.
+ *
+ * @param thread_attr
+ *   Points to the thread attributes from which affinity will be retrieved.
+ *
+ * @param cpuset
+ *   Pointer to the memory that will store the affinity.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success, return 0.
+ *   On failure, return a positive errno-style error number.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_thread_attr_get_affinity(rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+		rte_cpuset_t *cpuset);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Set the thread priority value in the thread attributes pointed to
+ * by 'thread_attr'.
+ *
+ * @param thread_attr
+ *   Points to the thread attributes in which priority will be updated.
+ *
+ * @param priority
+ *   Points to the value of the priority to be set.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success, return 0.
+ *   On failure, return a positive errno-style error number.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_thread_attr_set_priority(rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+		enum rte_thread_priority priority);
 
 /**
  * @warning
@@ -122,8 +228,6 @@  int rte_thread_get_affinity_by_id(rte_thread_t thread_id,
  */
 void rte_thread_get_affinity(rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp);
 
-#endif /* RTE_HAS_CPUSET */
-
 /**
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
diff --git a/lib/eal/version.map b/lib/eal/version.map
index e617ba7..e9df18d 100644
--- a/lib/eal/version.map
+++ b/lib/eal/version.map
@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@  EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_thread_self;
 	rte_thread_set_affinity_by_id;
 	rte_thread_set_priority;
+
+	# added in 22.11
+	rte_thread_attr_get_affinity;
+	rte_thread_attr_init;
+	rte_thread_attr_set_affinity;
+	rte_thread_attr_set_priority;
 };
 
 INTERNAL {