[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] eal: add sleep API

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

2021-04-06 16:34 (UTC+0200), Morten Brørup:
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Dmitry Kozlyuk
> > Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2021 1:41 AM
> > 
> > POSIX sleep(3) is missing from Windows.
> > Add generic rte_thread_sleep() to suspend current OS thread.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>
> > Acked-by: Khoa To <khot at microsoft.com>
> > Acked-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr at ashroe.eu>  
> 
> How is this better than the rte_delay_us_sleep() function in rte_cycles.

Honestly, I just assumed the sleep() shim existed for a reason.
Now that you pointed to it, I think indeed no new API is needed.

I wonder why rte_delay_us_sleep() is not used throughout DPDK.
Should their usages be converted as soon as code is enabled for Windows?