[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/7] support set thread name

[Min Hu (Connor)]

在 2021/4/17 2:40, Thomas Monjalon 写道:
> 13/04/2021 03:12, Min Hu (Connor):
>> 在 2021/4/12 15:19, David Marchand 写道:
>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 12:40 PM Min Hu (Connor) <humin29 at huawei.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This set of patches support set thread name for debugging.
>>>>
>>>> Chengwen Feng (7):
>>>>     net/ark: support set thread name
>>>>     net/ice: support set VSI reset thread name
>>>>     vdpa/ifc: support set notify and vring relay thread name
>>>>     raw/ifpga: support set monitor thread name
>>>>     examples/performance-thread: support set thread name
>>>>     telemetry: support set init threads name
>>>>     examples/vhost_blk: support set ctrl worker thread name
>>>
>>> Rather than add those calls, can maintainers check if their component
>>> can use ctrl threads instead?
>>> rte_ctrl_thread_create ensures both that the name is set, and that the
>>> ctrl thread won't run on the same cpu as "datapath" threads.
>>>
>>> I also saw some issues with components creating threads.
>>> I'll post a series addressing those later (net/ark, net/ice not
>>> detaching/joining created threads + telemetry not checking
>>> pthread_create failures).
>>>
>>    Totally agree with David.
>> By the way, for "telemetry not checking pthread_create failures", I have
>> sent patches to fix it. Please check it out.
>> 	Thanks.
> 
> Do I understand correctly that we prefer switching
> to rte_ctrl_thread_create() instead of this patch series
> adding rte_thread_setname()?
> 
> Any volunteer to add the use of rte_ctrl_thread_create()
> in these drivers and examples?
> 
Hi, Thomos, we will send next patch to fix it, thanks.
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