eal: new function to create control threads

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / linuxapp / eal / eal_timer.c

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
index a616928..1766f93 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ rte_eal_hpet_init(int make_default)
 
        /* create a thread that will increment a global variable for
         * msb (hpet is 32 bits by default under linux) */
-       ret = pthread_create(&msb_inc_thread_id, NULL,
+       ret = rte_ctrl_thread_create(&msb_inc_thread_id, NULL,
                        (void *(*)(void *))hpet_msb_inc, NULL);
        if (ret != 0) {
                RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "ERROR: Cannot create HPET timer thread!\n");