On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:23:08 +0000 Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@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.
