eal: simplify control thread creation

[dpdk.git] / lib / eal / include / rte_lcore.h

diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h
index 0458d233de4c232e906d725cd209dd8f86751cf1..77a5ec5ba0c3d2ce175aa4202c5e9f83b675d488 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -405,10 +405,11 @@ rte_thread_unregister(void);
 /**
  * Create a control thread.
  *
- * Wrapper to pthread_create(), pthread_setname_np() and
- * pthread_setaffinity_np(). 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.
+ * 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.