Index: dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
===================================================================
--- dpdk.orig/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
+++ dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ static FILE *default_log_stream;
 struct log_cur_msg {
 	uint32_t loglevel; /**< log level - see rte_log.h */
 	uint32_t logtype;  /**< log type  - see rte_log.h */
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-static struct log_cur_msg log_cur_msg[RTE_MAX_LCORE]; /**< per core log */
+};
 
+ /* per core log */
+static RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(struct log_cur_msg, log_cur_msg);
 
 /* default logs */
 
@@ -121,21 +122,13 @@ rte_get_log_type(void)
 /* get the current loglevel for the message beeing processed */
 int rte_log_cur_msg_loglevel(void)
 {
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-	if (lcore_id >= RTE_MAX_LCORE)
-		return rte_get_log_level();
-	return log_cur_msg[lcore_id].loglevel;
+	return RTE_PER_LCORE(log_cur_msg).loglevel;
 }
 
 /* get the current logtype for the message beeing processed */
 int rte_log_cur_msg_logtype(void)
 {
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-	if (lcore_id >= RTE_MAX_LCORE)
-		return rte_get_log_type();
-	return log_cur_msg[lcore_id].logtype;
+	return RTE_PER_LCORE(log_cur_msg).logtype;
 }
 
 /* Dump log history to file */
@@ -153,17 +146,13 @@ rte_vlog(uint32_t level, uint32_t logtyp
 {
 	int ret;
 	FILE *f = rte_logs.file;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
 
 	if ((level > rte_logs.level) || !(logtype & rte_logs.type))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* save loglevel and logtype in a global per-lcore variable */
-	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-	if (lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE) {
-		log_cur_msg[lcore_id].loglevel = level;
-		log_cur_msg[lcore_id].logtype = logtype;
-	}
+	RTE_PER_LCORE(log_cur_msg).loglevel = level;
+	RTE_PER_LCORE(log_cur_msg).logtype = logtype;
 
 	ret = vfprintf(f, format, ap);
 	fflush(f);