eal: set name when creating a control thread

[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 1766f93..669dc9c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ 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 = rte_ctrl_thread_create(&msb_inc_thread_id, NULL,
+       snprintf(thread_name, sizeof(thread_name), "hpet-msb-inc");
+       ret = rte_ctrl_thread_create(&msb_inc_thread_id, thread_name, NULL,
                        (void *(*)(void *))hpet_msb_inc, NULL);
        if (ret != 0) {
                RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "ERROR: Cannot create HPET timer thread!\n");
@@ -215,15 +216,6 @@ rte_eal_hpet_init(int make_default)
                return -1;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * Set thread_name for aid in debugging.
-        */
-       snprintf(thread_name, RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN, "hpet-msb-inc");
-       ret = rte_thread_setname(msb_inc_thread_id, thread_name);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL,
-                       "Cannot set HPET timer thread name!\n");
-
        if (make_default)
                eal_timer_source = EAL_TIMER_HPET;
        return 0;