1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/cpu.h b/libavutil/cpu.h
index 4929512c66..f2c9c0f20e 100644
--- a/libavutil/cpu.h
+++ b/libavutil/cpu.h
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ void av_set_cpu_flags_mask(int mask);
  */
 int av_parse_cpu_flags(const char *s);
 
+/**
+ * @return the number of logical CPU cores present.
+ */
+int av_cpu_count(void);
+
 /* The following CPU-specific functions shall not be called directly. */
 int ff_get_cpu_flags_arm(void);
 int ff_get_cpu_flags_ppc(void);