[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: improve portability of thread naming

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Apr 21 19:59:23 CEST 2021


The function pthread_setname_np is non-portable,
so it may be unavailable in old glibc or other systems.
The function rte_thread_setname is workarounding portability issues.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
---
 drivers/vdpa/mlx5/mlx5_vdpa_event.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/mlx5_vdpa_event.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/mlx5_vdpa_event.c
index 404e135d5c..ca6e985336 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/mlx5_vdpa_event.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/mlx5_vdpa_event.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ mlx5_vdpa_cqe_event_setup(struct mlx5_vdpa_priv *priv)
 			goto error;
 		}
 		snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "vDPA-mlx5-%d", priv->vid);
-		ret = pthread_setname_np(priv->timer_tid, name);
+		ret = rte_thread_setname(priv->timer_tid, name);
 		if (ret) {
 			DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to set timer thread name.");
 			return -1;
-- 
2.31.1



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