[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: fix compile error for old glibc caused by pthread_setname_np()

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-11-25 11:13, Ferruh Yigit:
> +/**
> + * Set thread names.
> + *
> + * Macro to wrap `pthread_setname_np()` with a glibc version check.
> + * Only glibc >= 2.12 supports this feature.
> + *
> + * This macro only used for Linux, BSD does direct libc call.
> + * BSD libc version of function is `pthread_set_name_np()`.
> + */
> +#if defined(__DOXYGEN__)
> +#define rte_thread_setname(...) pthread_setname_np(__VA_ARGS__)
> +#endif
> +
> +#if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ)
> +#if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 12)
> +#define rte_thread_setname(...) pthread_setname_np(__VA_ARGS__)
> +#else
> +#define rte_thread_setname(...) 0
> +#endif
> +#endif

OK it is a first (and important) fix.
EAL is an abstraction for Linux and FreeBSD, so ideally another patch would
make rte_thread_setname working for BSD too.