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Subject: RE: [PATCH 00/11] rework thread management
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> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 September 2023 18.12
>=20
> The main effect of this patch series is to
> remove calls to pthread functions except for pthread_cancel and locks.
>=20
> The function rte_thread_create_control() does not take attributes =
anymore
> as it looks a useless complication of the API.

Note for other reviewers: The "args" parameter, passed to the thread =
function, is still there.

> Then the rte_thread API is made stable,
> so we can remove the old deprecated functions
> rte_thread_setname() and rte_ctrl_thread_create().
>=20
> Some new internal functions are added in rte_thread to make sure
> all internal thread names are prefixed with "dpdk-".
>=20
> Few other cleanups are done.
>=20
> Future work about pthread portability are about:
>   - cancel
>   - mutex
>=20
>=20
> Thomas Monjalon (11):
>   devtools: warn when adding some pthread calls
>   eal: rename thread name length definition
>   eal: remove attributes from control thread creation
>   eal: promote thread API as stable
>   eal: force prefix for internal threads
>   lib: convert to internal control threads
>   drivers: convert to internal control threads
>   examples: convert to normal control threads
>   test: convert threads creation
>   eal: remove deprecated thread functions
>   lib: remove pthread.h from includes

Thank you for cleaning all this up, Thomas.

Series-acked-by: Morten Br=F8rup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>