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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:35:59 -0700
From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] allow creating thread with real-time priority
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On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:00:33PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 26/10/2023 16:19, Thomas Monjalon:
> > Real-time thread priority was been forbidden on Unix
> > because of problems they can cause.
> > Warnings and helpers are added to avoid deadlocks,
> > so real-time can be allowed on all systems.
> > 
> > Thomas Monjalon (2):
> >   eal: add thread yield functions
> >   eal/unix: allow creating thread with real-time priority
> > 
> > v1: no yield at all
> > v2: more comments, sched_yield() and Sleep(0) on Windows
> > v3: 2 yield functions with sleep in realtime version
> > v4: runtime warning, longer sleep on Unix and lighter yield on Windows
> > v5: fix build and increase Unix sleep to 1 ms
> > 
> > Thomas Monjalon (2):
> >   eal: add thread yield functions
> >   eal/unix: allow creating thread with real-time priority
> 
> Now there is a test failing on Windows:
> http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/test-report/2023-October/491475.html

40/84 DPDK:fast-tests / lcores_autotest                TIMEOUT
626.38s

i don't think this test is reliable. if the failure is being reported
due to the lcores_autotest timeout.

i also see this test fail on linux for me occasionally when run in my
local lab.

ty