[PATCH v2] eal/unix: allow creating thread with real-time priority

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Oct 25 17:37:00 CEST 2023


On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:13:14 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

>  	case RTE_THREAD_PRIORITY_REALTIME_CRITICAL:
> +		/*
> +		 * WARNING: Real-time busy loop takes priority on kernel threads,
> +		 *          making the system unstable.
> +		 *          There is also a known issue when using rte_ring.
> +		 */

I was thinking something like:

	static bool warned;
	if (!warned) {
		RTE_LOG(NOTICE, EAL, "Real time priority is unstable when thread is polling without sleep\n");
		warned = true;
	}


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