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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	Nandini Persad <nandinipersad361@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 05/11] doc: correct grammar in service cores guide
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:51:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260113230052.54435-6-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260113230052.54435-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>

Changes:
- Use "abstract away the differences" instead of unclear
  "simplify the difference"
- Fix preposition: "two methods for having" not "to having"
- Fix reversed phrasing: "Disabling that service on the core"
  not "that core on the service"

Signed-off-by: Nandini Persad <nandinipersad361@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/service_cores.rst | 30 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/service_cores.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/service_cores.rst
index 5284eeb96a..ee47a85a90 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/service_cores.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/service_cores.rst
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 Service Cores
 =============
 
-DPDK has a concept known as service cores, which enables a dynamic way of
-performing work on DPDK lcores. Service core support is built into the EAL, and
-an API is provided to optionally allow applications to control how the service
-cores are used at runtime.
+DPDK has a concept known as service cores. Service cores enable a dynamic way of
+performing work on DPDK lcores. Service core support is built into the EAL.
+An API is provided to give you the option of allowing applications to control
+how the service cores are used at runtime.
 
-The service cores concept is built up out of services (components of DPDK that
+The service cores concept is built out of services (components of DPDK that
 require CPU cycles to operate) and service cores (DPDK lcores, tasked with
 running services). The power of the service core concept is that the mapping
 between service cores and services can be configured to abstract away the
@@ -18,24 +18,24 @@ difference between platforms and environments.
 For example, the Eventdev has hardware and software PMDs. Of these the software
 PMD requires an lcore to perform the scheduling operations, while the hardware
 PMD does not. With service cores, the application would not directly notice
-that the scheduling is done in software.
+that the scheduling is done in the software.
 
 For detailed information about the service core API, please refer to the docs.
 
 Service Core Initialization
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-There are two methods to having service cores in a DPDK application, either by
+There are two methods to having service cores in a DPDK application: either by
 using the service corelist, or by dynamically adding cores using the API.
-The simpler of the two is to pass the `-S` corelist argument to EAL, which will
-take any cores available in the main DPDK corelist, and if also set
-in the service corelist the cores become service-cores instead of DPDK
+The simpler of the two is to pass the `-S` coremask argument to the EAL, which will
+take any cores available in the main DPDK coremask. If the bits are also set
+in the service coremask, the cores become service-cores instead of DPDK
 application lcores.
 
 Enabling Services on Cores
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Each registered service can be individually mapped to a service core, or set of
+Each registered service can be individually mapped to a service core, or a set of
 service cores. Enabling a service on a particular core means that the lcore in
 question will run the service. Disabling that core on the service stops the
 lcore in question from running the service.
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ function to run the service.
 Service Core Statistics
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The service core library is capable of collecting runtime statistics like number
-of calls to a specific service, and number of cycles used by the service. The
+The service core library is capable of collecting runtime statistics like the number
+of calls to a specific service, and the number of cycles used by the service. The
 cycle count collection is dynamically configurable, allowing any application to
 profile the services running on the system at any time.
 
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ Service Core Tracing
 
 The service core library is instrumented with tracepoints using the DPDK Trace
 Library. These tracepoints allow you to track the service and logical cores
-state. To activate tracing when launching a DPDK program it is necessary to use the
+state. To activate tracing when launching a DPDK program, it is necessary to use the
 ``--trace`` option to specify a regular expression to select which tracepoints
-to enable. Here is an example if you want to only specify service core tracing::
+to enable. Here is an example if you want to specify only service core tracing::
 
   ./dpdk/examples/service_cores/build/service_cores --trace="lib.eal.thread*" --trace="lib.eal.service*"
 
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-13 23:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-13 15:59 [PATCH 0/9] reowrd in prog guide Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 1/9] doc: reword design section in contributors guidelines Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 2/9] doc: reword pmd section in prog guide Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 3/9] doc: reword argparse " Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 19:01   ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 4/9] doc: reword service cores " Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 5/9] doc: reword trace library " Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 6/9] doc: reword log " Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 7/9] doc: reword cmdline " Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 8/9] doc: reword stack library " Nandini Persad
2024-05-13 15:59 ` [PATCH 9/9] doc: reword rcu " Nandini Persad
2024-06-21  2:32 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] doc: reword pmd " Nandini Persad
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 2/9] doc: reword argparse " Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:53     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-30 16:08     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 3/9] doc: reword design section in contributors guidelines Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:47     ` [PATCH] doc/design: minor cleanus Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-24 15:07       ` Thomas Monjalon
2026-03-31 22:53     ` [PATCH v2 3/9] doc: reword design section in contributors guidelines Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 4/9] doc: reword service cores section in prog guide Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:53     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-31 22:50     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 5/9] doc: reword trace library " Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:54     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-31 22:49     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 6/9] doc: reword log " Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:55     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-31 22:47     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 7/9] doc: reword cmdline " Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:55     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-31 22:45     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 8/9] doc: reword stack library " Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:55     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-31 22:36     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-21  2:32   ` [PATCH v2 9/9] doc: reword rcu " Nandini Persad
2024-06-22 14:55     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-31 22:35     ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-06-22 14:52   ` [PATCH v2 1/9] doc: reword pmd " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] doc: programmers guide corrections Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 01/11] doc: correct grammar and punctuation errors in ethdev guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 02/11] doc: correct grammar and typos in argparse library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 03/11] doc: correct grammar and typos in design guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 04/11] doc: correct errors in Linux system requirements guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 06/11] doc: correct grammar and errors in trace library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 07/11] doc: correct typos in log " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 08/11] doc: correct errors in command-line " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 09/11] doc: correct errors in trace " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 10/11] doc: correct errors in stack " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-13 22:51   ` [PATCH v3 11/11] doc: correct errors in RCU " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 00/11] doc: programmers guide corrections Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:26   ` [PATCH v4 01/11] doc: correct grammar and punctuation errors in ethdev guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:26   ` [PATCH v4 02/11] doc: correct grammar and typos in argparse library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-19  0:50     ` fengchengwen
2026-01-14 22:26   ` [PATCH v4 03/11] doc: correct grammar and typos in design guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:26   ` [PATCH v4 04/11] doc: correct errors in Linux system requirements guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:26   ` [PATCH v4 05/11] doc: correct grammar in service cores guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:26   ` [PATCH v4 06/11] doc: correct grammar and errors in trace library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:26   ` [PATCH v4 07/11] doc: correct typos in log " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:27   ` [PATCH v4 08/11] doc: correct errors in command-line " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:27   ` [PATCH v4 09/11] doc: correct errors in trace " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:27   ` [PATCH v4 10/11] doc: correct errors in stack " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-14 22:27   ` [PATCH v4 11/11] doc: correct errors in RCU " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10 ` [PATCH v5 00/54] doc: programmers guide corrections Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 01/54] doc: correct grammar and typos in argparse library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 02/54] doc: correct grammar in service cores guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 03/54] doc: correct grammar and errors in trace library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 04/54] doc: correct typos in log " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 05/54] doc: correct errors in command-line " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 06/54] doc: correct errors in trace " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 07/54] doc: correct errors in stack " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 08/54] doc: correct errors in RCU " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 09/54] doc: correct grammar and formatting in ASan guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 10/54] doc: correct grammar and typos in bbdev guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 11/54] doc: correct grammar and formatting in bpf lib guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 12/54] doc: correct grammar and typos in meson build guide Stephen Hemminger
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2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 15/54] doc: correct grammar in dmadev guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 16/54] doc: correct grammar in efd guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 17/54] doc: correct grammar in EAL guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 18/54] doc: correct double space in FIB guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 19/54] doc: correct grammar in GRO guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 20/54] doc: correct grammar in GSO guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 21/54] doc: correct typos and grammar in graph guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 22/54] doc: correct grammar in hash guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 23/54] doc: correct grammar and typos in IP fragment guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 24/54] doc: correct double spaces in IPsec guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 25/54] doc: correct grammar in lcore variables guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 26/54] doc: correct typo in link bonding guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 27/54] doc: correct grammar in LTO guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 28/54] doc: correct grammar in LPM guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 29/54] doc: correct grammar and typo in LPM6 guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 30/54] doc: correct grammar in introduction Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 31/54] doc: correct grammar in mbuf library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 32/54] doc: correct grammar in membership " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 33/54] doc: correct errors in mempool " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 34/54] doc: correct style in meson unit tests guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 35/54] doc: correct errors in metrics library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 36/54] doc: correct grammar in mldev " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 37/54] doc: correct grammar in multi-process guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 38/54] doc: correct grammar in overview Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 39/54] doc: correct grammar in ACL library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 40/54] doc: correct typos in packet distributor guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 41/54] doc: correct grammar in packet framework guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 42/54] doc: correct grammar in PDCP library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 43/54] doc: correct grammar in pdump " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 44/54] doc: correct typos in power management guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 45/54] doc: correct grammar in profiling guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 46/54] doc: correct errors in regexdev guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 47/54] doc: correct grammar in reorder library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 48/54] doc: correct whitespace in RIB " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 49/54] doc: correct incomplete sentence in ring " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 50/54] doc: correct grammar in security " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 51/54] doc: correct hyphenation in thread safety guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 52/54] doc: correct errors in toeplitz hash library guide Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 53/54] doc: correct errors in vhost " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-18 19:10   ` [PATCH v5 54/54] doc: correct whitespace in efficient code guide Stephen Hemminger

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