quick thread in DLB2

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:08:48 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> Hello Abdullah,
> 
> In the DLB2 code, I see a thread is created for a single operation:
> In drivers/event/dlb2/pf/base/dlb2_resource.c
> pthread_create(&pthread, NULL, &dlb2_pp_profile_func, &dlb2_thread_data[i]);
> and just after:
> pthread_join(pthread, NULL);
> 
> Can we avoid creating this thread?
> I guess no, because it must spawn on a specific CPU.
> 
> 

The per thread data seems to break lots of expectations in EAL.
It all seems to be about capturing the number of cycles on different cores.
Looks like a mess.