From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>
Cc: "Mattias Rönnblom" <hofors@lysator.liu.se>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"olivier.matz@6wind.com" <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
"lucp.at.work@gmail.com" <lucp.at.work@gmail.com>,
"david.marchand@redhat.com" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
"thomas@monjalon.net" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Ruifeng Wang" <Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com>, nd <nd@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2] eal: simplify the implementation of rte_ctrl_thread_create
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:57:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210825145753.57ea4d1d@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM8PR08MB5810ECA5F477F0BF930A15FC98C69@AM8PR08MB5810.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>
On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:23:08 +0000
Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >
> > On 2021-08-02 07:16, Honnappa Nagarahalli wrote:
> > > The current described behaviour of rte_ctrl_thread_create is rigid
> > > which makes the implementation of the function complex.
> > > The behavior is abstracted to allow for simplified implementation.
> > >
> >
> > Have you considered using a POSIX condition variable instead of atomics for
> > synchronization?
> No, I have not considered. The current implementation is complex because of the error handling of pthread_barrier_xxx APIs. I am thinking similar complexity will come in with the condition variable functions.
>
> I am using atomic variable in this patch to synchronize which does not need much error handling which simplifies the implementation.
>
> <snip>
The problem with condition variables is that it then adds a mutex
as well.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-25 21:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-30 21:37 [dpdk-dev] [RFC] eal: simplify the implementation of rte_ctrl_thread_create Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-02 5:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2] " Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-23 10:16 ` Olivier Matz
2021-08-24 20:03 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-24 21:30 ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-08-25 1:26 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-25 15:19 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2021-08-25 15:31 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-09-01 20:04 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2021-09-01 22:21 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-30 22:30 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-25 15:12 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2021-08-25 15:23 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-25 21:57 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2021-08-25 18:48 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC] " Luc Pelletier
2021-08-25 19:26 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-30 16:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] " Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-30 16:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] test/eal: add a test for rte_ctrl_thread_create Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-30 16:41 ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-08-30 16:42 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-08-30 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] eal: simplify the implementation of rte_ctrl_thread_create Stephen Hemminger
2021-08-30 22:12 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-10-13 20:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-10-13 20:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/2] test/eal: add a test for rte_ctrl_thread_create Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-10-21 15:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/2] eal: simplify the implementation of rte_ctrl_thread_create Olivier Matz
2021-10-21 20:49 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-10-21 21:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-10-21 21:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/2] test/eal: add a test for rte_ctrl_thread_create Honnappa Nagarahalli
2021-10-22 8:35 ` Olivier Matz
2021-10-25 19:46 ` David Marchand
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