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> > On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:34:12 -0500 > Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com> wrote: > > > + /* Control thread status. > > + * > > + * _RTE_CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING - Yet to call pthread_create > function > > + * _RTE_CTRL_THREAD_RUNNING - Control thread is running > successfully > > + * _RTE_CTRL_THREAD_ERROR - Control thread encountered an error. > > + * 'ret' has the error code. > > + */ > > + unsigned int ctrl_thread_status; > > An enum would be clearer here. I used #defines as the values are assigned to an atomic variable. We can assume that enum will be an int.