*/
int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
+/**
+ * Create a control thread.
+ *
+ * Wrapper to pthread_create() and pthread_setname_np().
+ *
+ * @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_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
+ const pthread_attr_t *attr,
+ void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
+
/**
* Test if the core supplied has a specific role
*