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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 19:07:15 -0800
From: Narcisa Ana Maria Vasile <navasile@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 9/9] Add unit tests for thread API
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 09:32:08AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 09/11/2021 03:10, Narcisa Ana Maria Vasile:
> > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 06:33:16PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 09/10/2021 09:41, Narcisa Ana Maria Vasile:
> > > > From: Narcisa Vasile <navasile@microsoft.com>
> > > > 
> > > > As a new API for threading is introduced,
> > > > a set of unit tests have been added to test the new interface.
> > > > The tests verify that:
> > > >  * mutexes and barriers behave as expected
> > > >  * thread properties are applied correctly
> > > >  * the thread id is retrieved correctly
> > > >  * thread creation/destruction works properly
> > > 
> > > Please make each test part of the patch implementing the feature.
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > Makes sense, but most of these unit tests use rte_thread_create and
> > rte_thread_join to handle the creation and cleanup of the threads
> > that are being tested, so I'm forced to have this test patch at the end.
> 
> You mean you cannot start the series with implementing these 2 functions?

  Yes, rte_thread_create() depends on thread attributes. However, some of the
  other components can still be tested separately. I've broken it down in v17
  to allow for better progressive testing, but the first 3 tests follow after the
  first 3 features.
> 
> > I could still break it up into smaller patches, one for each test category
> > (mutex, attributes, etc) if you want. 
> 
> I would like to see features built & tested atomically and progressively.
>