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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: David Vodak <vodak@cesnet.cz>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal: introduce missing rte_thread wrappers
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:14:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231127091444.2d2b93c1@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231127092502.18510-1-vodak@cesnet.cz>

On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:25:02 +0100
David Vodak <vodak@cesnet.cz> 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 Function rte_ctrl_thread_create has been replaced by rte_thread_create_control,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
> ---
>  lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/eal/unix/rte_thread.c    | 20 +++++++++++++++
>  lib/eal/version.map          |  3 +++
>  3 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
> index 8da9d4d3fb..49a068eda7 100644
> --- a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
> +++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
> @@ -463,6 +463,55 @@ int rte_thread_value_set(rte_thread_key key, const void *value);
>   */
>  void *rte_thread_value_get(rte_thread_key key);
>  
> +/**
> + * Try to join with a terminated thread. If thread has not yet terminated,
> + * then the call blocks until a maximum time, specified in abstime.
> + *
> + * @param thread_id
> + *   Id of the thread.
> + *
> + * @param retval
> + *   Exit status of the thread.
> + *
> + * @param abstime
> + *   Maximum time of call blocking, measured against the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   On success, return 0.
> + *   On failure, return a positive errno-style error number.
> + */
> +int rte_thread_timedjoin_np(rte_thread_t thread_id, void **retval, const struct timespec *abstime);
> +
> +/**
> + * Get name of the thread.
> + *
> + * @param thread_id
> + *   Id of the thread.
> + *
> + * @param name
> + *   Name of the thread.
> + *
> + * @param size
> + *   The number of bytes available in name.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   On success, return 0.
> + *   On failure, return a positive errno-style error number.
> + */
> +int rte_thread_getname_np(rte_thread_t thread_id, char name[], size_t size);
> +
> +/**
> + * Send a cancelation request to a thread.
> + *
> + * @param thread_id
> + *   Id of the thread.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   On success, return 0.
> + *   On failure, return a positive errno-style error number.
> + */
> +int rte_thread_cancel(rte_thread_t thread_id);

The point of the thread wrappers was to limit the use to what
was supportable on all platforms. 

  reply	other threads:[~2023-11-27 17:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-27  9:25 David Vodak
2023-11-27 17:14 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2023-11-27 17:27 ` Tyler Retzlaff
2023-11-28  8:54   ` David Vodak
2023-11-29 15:52     ` Stephen Hemminger

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