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From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v6 1/3] eal: add rte thread create control API
Date: Wed,  8 Feb 2023 13:26:33 -0800
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Add rte_thread_create_control API as a replacement for
rte_ctrl_thread_create to allow deprecation of the use of platform
specific types in DPDK public API.

Add test from David Marchand to exercise the new API.

Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Reviewed-by: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>
---
 app/test/test_threads.c            | 26 ++++++++++++
 lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h       | 33 +++++++++++++++
 lib/eal/version.map                |  1 +
 4 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/test/test_threads.c b/app/test/test_threads.c
index e0f18e4..657ecad 100644
--- a/app/test/test_threads.c
+++ b/app/test/test_threads.c
@@ -232,6 +232,31 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+test_thread_create_control_join(void)
+{
+	rte_thread_t thread_id;
+	rte_thread_t thread_main_id;
+
+	thread_id_ready = 0;
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(rte_thread_create_control(&thread_id, "test_control_threads",
+		NULL, thread_main, &thread_main_id) == 0,
+		"Failed to create thread.");
+
+	while (__atomic_load_n(&thread_id_ready, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) == 0)
+		;
+
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(rte_thread_equal(thread_id, thread_main_id) != 0,
+		"Unexpected thread id.");
+
+	__atomic_store_n(&thread_id_ready, 2, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(rte_thread_join(thread_id, NULL) == 0,
+		"Failed to join thread.");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct unit_test_suite threads_test_suite = {
 	.suite_name = "threads autotest",
 	.setup = NULL,
@@ -243,6 +268,7 @@
 		TEST_CASE(test_thread_priority),
 		TEST_CASE(test_thread_attributes_affinity),
 		TEST_CASE(test_thread_attributes_priority),
+		TEST_CASE(test_thread_create_control_join),
 		TEST_CASES_END()
 	}
 };
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index 3181515..4f83c97 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status {
 };
 
 struct rte_thread_ctrl_params {
-	void *(*start_routine)(void *);
+	union {
+		void *(*ctrl_start_routine)(void *arg);
+		rte_thread_func control_start_routine;
+	} u;
 	void *arg;
 	int ret;
 	/* Control thread status.
@@ -241,27 +244,47 @@ struct rte_thread_ctrl_params {
 	enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status ctrl_thread_status;
 };
 
-static void *ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
+static int ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
 {
 	struct internal_config *internal_conf =
 		eal_get_internal_configuration();
 	rte_cpuset_t *cpuset = &internal_conf->ctrl_cpuset;
 	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
-	void *(*start_routine)(void *) = params->start_routine;
-	void *routine_arg = params->arg;
 
 	__rte_thread_init(rte_lcore_id(), cpuset);
 	params->ret = rte_thread_set_affinity_by_id(rte_thread_self(), cpuset);
 	if (params->ret != 0) {
 		__atomic_store_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
 			CTRL_THREAD_ERROR, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-		return NULL;
+		return params->ret;
 	}
 
 	__atomic_store_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
 		CTRL_THREAD_RUNNING, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 
-	return start_routine(routine_arg);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void *ctrl_thread_start(void *arg)
+{
+	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
+	void *(*start_routine)(void *) = params->u.ctrl_start_routine;
+
+	if (ctrl_thread_init(arg) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return start_routine(params->arg);
+}
+
+static uint32_t control_thread_start(void *arg)
+{
+	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
+	rte_thread_func start_routine = params->u.control_start_routine;
+
+	if (ctrl_thread_init(arg) != 0)
+		return params->ret;
+
+	return start_routine(params->arg);
 }
 
 int
@@ -277,12 +300,12 @@ static void *ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
 	if (!params)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	params->start_routine = start_routine;
+	params->u.ctrl_start_routine = start_routine;
 	params->arg = arg;
 	params->ret = 0;
 	params->ctrl_thread_status = CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING;
 
-	ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, ctrl_thread_init, (void *)params);
+	ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, ctrl_thread_start, (void *)params);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		free(params);
 		return -ret;
@@ -315,6 +338,52 @@ static void *ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
 }
 
 int
+rte_thread_create_control(rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name,
+	const rte_thread_attr_t *attr,
+	rte_thread_func start_routine, void *arg)
+{
+	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params;
+	enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status ctrl_thread_status;
+	int ret;
+
+	params = malloc(sizeof(*params));
+	if (params == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	params->u.control_start_routine = start_routine;
+	params->arg = arg;
+	params->ret = 0;
+	params->ctrl_thread_status = CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING;
+
+	ret = rte_thread_create(thread, attr, control_thread_start, params);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		free(params);
+		return -ret;
+	}
+
+	if (name != NULL)
+		rte_thread_set_name(*thread, name);
+
+	/* Wait for the control thread to initialize successfully */
+	while ((ctrl_thread_status =
+			__atomic_load_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
+			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING) {
+		rte_delay_us_sleep(1);
+	}
+
+	/* Check if the control thread encountered an error */
+	if (ctrl_thread_status == CTRL_THREAD_ERROR) {
+		/* ctrl thread is exiting */
+		rte_thread_join(*thread, NULL);
+	}
+
+	ret = params->ret;
+	free(params);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int
 rte_thread_register(void)
 {
 	unsigned int lcore_id;
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
index d247930..fae26a7 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
@@ -98,6 +98,39 @@ int rte_thread_create(rte_thread_t *thread_id,
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
  *
+ * Create a control thread.
+ *
+ * Creates a control thread with the given name and attributes. The
+ * affinity of the new thread is based on the CPU affinity retrieved
+ * at the time rte_eal_init() was called, the EAL threads are then
+ * excluded. If setting the name of the thread fails, the error is
+ * ignored and a debug message is logged.
+ *
+ * @param thread
+ *   Filled with the thread id of the new created thread.
+ * @param name
+ *   The name of the control thread
+ *   (max RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN characters including '\0').
+ * @param thread_attr
+ *   Attributes for the new thread.
+ * @param thread_func
+ *   Function to be executed by the new thread.
+ * @param arg
+ *   Argument passed to start_routine.
+ * @return
+ *   On success, returns 0; on error, it returns a negative value
+ *   corresponding to the error number.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_thread_create_control(rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name,
+		const rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+		rte_thread_func thread_func, void *arg);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
  * Waits for the thread identified by 'thread_id' to terminate
  *
  * @param thread_id
diff --git a/lib/eal/version.map b/lib/eal/version.map
index 6523102..285a0bd 100644
--- a/lib/eal/version.map
+++ b/lib/eal/version.map
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_thread_join;
 
 	# added in 23.03
+	rte_thread_create_control;
 	rte_thread_set_name;
 };
 
-- 
1.8.3.1