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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:27:22 -0800
From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
To: David Vodak <vodak@cesnet.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal: introduce missing rte_thread wrappers
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 10:25:02AM +0100, David Vodak wrote:
> Function rte_ctrl_thread_create has been replaced by rte_thread_create_control,
> encouraging Linux users to switch from the pthread_t API to the rte_thread API.
> However the rte_thread API does not provide wrappers for all pthread functions.
> This commit introduces equivalent functions for pthread_timedjoin_np,
> pthread_getname_np and pthread_cancel.
> 
> Bugzilla ID: 1330
> ---

NAK this series. the rte thread API is not a POSIX emulation API.

the point of EAL is not to require applications to have to conditionally
compile code around the use of EAL API or handle "not supported"
failures it defeats the purpose of being an abstraction library.