Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h       | 29 ++++++++++++
 lib/eal/version.map                |  3 ++
 3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c 
b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index c5d8b43..ca85c51 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -234,7 +234,10 @@ enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status {
 };
 
 struct rte_thread_ctrl_params {
-       void *(*start_routine)(void *);
+       union {
+               void * (*start_routine)(void *);
+               rte_thread_func thread_func;
+       } u;
        void *arg;
        int ret;
        /* Control thread status.
@@ -243,14 +246,12 @@ struct rte_thread_ctrl_params {
        enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status ctrl_thread_status;
 };
 
-static void *ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
+static int ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
 {
        struct internal_config *internal_conf =
                eal_get_internal_configuration();
        rte_cpuset_t *cpuset = &internal_conf->ctrl_cpuset;
        struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
-       void *(*start_routine)(void *) = params->start_routine;
-       void *routine_arg = params->arg;
 
        __rte_thread_init(rte_lcore_id(), cpuset);
        params->ret = pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(*cpuset),
@@ -258,13 +259,35 @@ static void *ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
        if (params->ret != 0) {
                __atomic_store_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
                        CTRL_THREAD_ERROR, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-               return NULL;
+               return params->ret;
        }
 
        __atomic_store_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
                CTRL_THREAD_RUNNING, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 
-       return start_routine(routine_arg);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static void *ctrl_thread_start(void *arg)
+{
+       struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
+       void *(*start_routine)(void *) = params->u.start_routine;
+
+       if (0 != ctrl_thread_init(arg))
+               return NULL;
+
+       return start_routine(params->arg);
+}
+
+static uint32_t control_thread_start(void *arg)
+{
+       struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
+       rte_thread_func start_routine = params->u.thread_func;
+
+       if (0 != ctrl_thread_init(arg))
+               return params->ret;
+
+       return start_routine(params->arg);
 }
 
 int
@@ -280,12 +303,12 @@ static void *ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
        if (!params)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       params->start_routine = start_routine;
+       params->u.start_routine = start_routine;
        params->arg = arg;
        params->ret = 0;
        params->ctrl_thread_status = CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING;
 
-       ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, ctrl_thread_init, (void *)params);
+       ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, ctrl_thread_start, (void *)params);
        if (ret != 0) {
                free(params);
                return -ret;
@@ -322,6 +345,60 @@ static void *ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
 }
 
 int
+rte_control_thread_create(rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name,
+       const rte_thread_attr_t *attr,
+       rte_thread_func start_routine, void *arg)
+{
+       struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params;
+       enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status ctrl_thread_status;
+       int ret;
+
+       params = malloc(sizeof(*params));
+       if (!params)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       params->u.thread_func = start_routine;
+       params->arg = arg;
+       params->ret = 0;
+       params->ctrl_thread_status = CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING;
+
+       ret = rte_thread_create(thread, attr, control_thread_start, params);
+       if (ret != 0) {
+               free(params);
+               return -ret;
+       }
+
+       if (name != NULL) {
+               ret = rte_thread_setname(thread->opaque_id, name);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL,
+                               "Cannot set name for ctrl thread\n");
+       }
+
+       /* Wait for the control thread to initialize successfully */
+       while ((ctrl_thread_status =
+                       __atomic_load_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
+                       __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING) {
+               /* Yield the CPU. Using sched_yield call requires maintaining
+                * another implementation for Windows as sched_yield is not
+                * supported on Windows.
+                */
+               rte_delay_us_sleep(1);
+       }
+
+       /* Check if the control thread encountered an error */
+       if (ctrl_thread_status == CTRL_THREAD_ERROR) {
+               /* ctrl thread is exiting */
+               rte_thread_join(*thread, NULL);
+       }
+
+       ret = params->ret;
+       free(params);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+int
 rte_thread_register(void)
 {
        unsigned int lcore_id;
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
index b9edf70..ffc6207 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h
@@ -95,6 +95,35 @@ int rte_thread_create(rte_thread_t *thread_id,
                rte_thread_func thread_func, void *arg);
 
 /**
+ * Create a control thread.
+ *
+ * Creates a control thread with the given name and attributes. The
+ * affinity of the new thread is based on the CPU affinity retrieved
+ * at the time rte_eal_init() was called, the dataplane and service
+ * lcores are then excluded. If setting the name of the thread fails,
+ * the error is ignored and a debug message is logged.
+ *
+ * @param thread
+ *   Filled with the thread id of the new created thread.
+ * @param name
+ *   The name of the control thread (max 16 characters including '\0').
+ * @param attr
+ *   Attributes for the new thread.
+ * @param start_routine
+ *   Function to be executed by the new thread.
+ * @param arg
+ *   Argument passed to start_routine.
+ * @return
+ *   On success, returns 0; on error, it returns a negative value
+ *   corresponding to the error number.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_control_thread_create(rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name,
+               const rte_thread_attr_t *thread_attr,
+               rte_thread_func thread_func, void *arg);
+
+/**
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
  *
diff --git a/lib/eal/version.map b/lib/eal/version.map
index 7ad12a7..8f9eeb9 100644
--- a/lib/eal/version.map
+++ b/lib/eal/version.map
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
        rte_thread_detach;
        rte_thread_equal;
        rte_thread_join;
+
+       # added in 23.03
+       rte_control_thread_create;
 };
 
 INTERNAL {
-- 
1.8.3.1

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