[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 8/9] eal: implement functions for thread barrier management

[Thomas Monjalon]

09/10/2021 09:41, Narcisa Ana Maria Vasile:
> From: Narcisa Vasile <navasile at microsoft.com>
> 
> Add functions for barrier init, destroy, wait.
> 
> A portable type is used to represent a barrier identifier.
> The rte_thread_barrier_wait() function returns the same value
> on all platforms.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Narcisa Vasile <navasile at microsoft.com>
> ---
>  lib/eal/common/rte_thread.c  | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/eal/version.map          |  3 ++
>  lib/eal/windows/rte_thread.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 178 insertions(+)

It doesn't need to be part of the API.
The pthread barrier is used only as part of the control thread implementation.
The need disappear if you implement control thread on Windows.