2022-04-06 14:57 (UTC-0700), Stephen Hemminger: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 00:50:29 +0300 > Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2022-04-04 11:03 (UTC+0100), Bruce Richardson: > > [...] > > > Having EAL be the only one to create threads seems reasonable. However, > > > I'm > > > a little uncertain about the scope of change and tying telemetry and EAL > > > together a lot more. > > > > Scope is a strong valid argument. > > What do you think if telemetry would create threads using Win32 API > > just like on Unices it creates threads using pthread > > (external component that is always present)? > > Why isn't telemetry using existing rte_ctrl_thread API?
It would depend on EAL at link time then. But EAL already depends on telemetry and there would be a loop.
