[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] eal: simplify the implementation of rte_ctrl_thread_create

[Honnappa Nagarahalli]

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> On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:34:12 -0500
> Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli at arm.com> wrote:
> 
> > +	/* Control thread status.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * _RTE_CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING - Yet to call pthread_create
> function
> > +	 * _RTE_CTRL_THREAD_RUNNING - Control thread is running
> successfully
> > +	 * _RTE_CTRL_THREAD_ERROR - Control thread encountered an error.
> > +	 *                          'ret' has the error code.
> > +	 */
> > +	unsigned int ctrl_thread_status;
> 
> An enum would be clearer here.
I used #defines as the values are assigned to an atomic variable. We can assume that enum will be an int.