From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Gagandeep Singh <g.singh@nxp.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal: add worker threads cleanup in rte_eal_cleanup()
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:19:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250110091902.5139f8b2@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250110064717.1372216-1-g.singh@nxp.com>
On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:17:17 +0530
Gagandeep Singh <g.singh@nxp.com> wrote:
> This patch introduces a worker thread cleanup function in the EAL library,
> ensuring proper termination of created pthreads and invocation of
> registered pthread destructors.
> This guarantees the correct cleanup of thread-specific resources,
> used by drivers or applications.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gagandeep Singh <g.singh@nxp.com>
> ---
What problem is this trying to solve?
Canceling threads sends signals and can be problematic.
Many of the operations done in drivers are not signal safe.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-10 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-10 6:47 [PATCH] eal: add worker threads cleanup in rte_eal_cleanup() Gagandeep Singh
2025-01-10 17:19 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2025-01-13 5:13 ` Gagandeep Singh
2025-01-13 16:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-01-14 4:53 ` Gagandeep Singh
2025-01-14 16:26 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-30 20:38 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-30 20:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
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