Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] eal: set name when creating a control thread

[Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 05:34:36PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 03-Apr-18 2:04 PM, Olivier Matz wrote:
> > To avoid code duplication, add a parameter to rte_ctrl_thread_create()
> > to specify the name of the thread.
> > 
> > This requires to add a wrapper for the thread start routine in
> > rte_thread_init(), which will first wait that the thread is configured.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> > ---
> 
> <...>
> 
> > +
> > +	pthread_barrier_wait(&params.configured);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +
> > +fail:
> > +	pthread_kill(*thread, SIGTERM);
> 
> This may be wrong, but perhaps instead of killing the thread outright, a
> better approach would be pthread_cancel? I'm always uneasy about mixing
> signals and pthreads...

Indeed, pthread_cancel() seems to be a better approach. I'll update the
patchset.

Thanks for the review.