2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/vcl/vppcom.c b/src/vcl/vppcom.c
index d9012cdaed6..317351d7612 100644
--- a/src/vcl/vppcom.c
+++ b/src/vcl/vppcom.c
@@ -3594,6 +3594,15 @@ vppcom_worker_index (void)
   return vcl_get_worker_index ();
 }
 
+int
+vppcom_worker_mqs_epfd (void)
+{
+  vcl_worker_t *wrk = vcl_worker_get_current ();
+  if (!vcm->cfg.use_mq_eventfd)
+    return -1;
+  return wrk->mqs_epfd;
+}
+
 /*
  * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
  *
diff --git a/src/vcl/vppcom.h b/src/vcl/vppcom.h
index 4db3d980099..053abc97781 100644
--- a/src/vcl/vppcom.h
+++ b/src/vcl/vppcom.h
@@ -308,6 +308,14 @@ extern int vppcom_worker_register (void);
  */
 extern int vppcom_worker_index (void);
 
+/**
+ * Returns the current worker's message queues epoll fd
+ *
+ * This only works if vcl is configured to do eventfd based message queue
+ * notifications.
+ */
+extern int vppcom_worker_mqs_epfd (void);
+
 /* *INDENT-OFF* */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }