On 23 May 2016 at 17:31, Ola Liljedahl <ola.liljed...@linaro.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 23 May 2016 at 17:28, Christophe Milard <christophe.mil...@linaro.org>
> wrote:
>
>> This is for linux helpers: in odp linux, just pthreads and processes are
>> supported as odpthreads.(well actually processes are not supported yet, but
>> we head to it).
>>
> You can use C and C++ threads in Linux as well. You just need a conforming
> compiler.
>
Not through the helper at this stage. When calling odph_odpthread_create(),
the odpthread is created as either pthread (default) or forked process
(--odph_proc option).
So at this stage C and C++ threads are not supported by the helpers.
>
>
>> If we support something else in some future, we'll update the comment
>> then.
>>
>> Christophe
>>
>> On 23 May 2016 at 17:23, Ola Liljedahl <ola.liljed...@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 May 2016 at 17:04, Christophe Milard <christophe.mil...@linaro.org
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Milard <christophe.mil...@linaro.org>
>>>> ---
>>>> helper/include/odp/helper/linux.h | 6 +++---
>>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/helper/include/odp/helper/linux.h
>>>> b/helper/include/odp/helper/linux.h
>>>> index 01c348d..2e89833 100644
>>>> --- a/helper/include/odp/helper/linux.h
>>>> +++ b/helper/include/odp/helper/linux.h
>>>> @@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ typedef struct {
>>>>
>>>> /** The odpthread starting arguments, used both in process or thread
>>>> mode */
>>>> typedef struct {
>>>> - odph_odpthread_linuxtype_t linuxtype;
>>>> - odph_odpthread_params_t thr_params; /*copy of thread start
>>>> parameter*/
>>>> + odph_odpthread_linuxtype_t linuxtype; /**< process or pthread */
>>>>
>>> ODP threads might not be pthreads. There are many implementations of
>>> threads.
>>> Aren't we trying to tell the application if we are using a
>>> single-process (memory space) or multi-process model?
>>> Let's report this and only this.
>>>
>>> + odph_odpthread_params_t thr_params; /**< odpthread start
>>>> parameters */
>>>> } odph_odpthread_start_args_t;
>>>>
>>>> /** Linux odpthread state information, used both in process or thread
>>>> mode */
>>>> typedef struct {
>>>> - odph_odpthread_start_args_t start_args;
>>>> + odph_odpthread_start_args_t start_args; /**< start
>>>> arguments */
>>>> int cpu; /**< CPU ID */
>>>> int last; /**< true if last table
>>>> entry */
>>>> union {
>>>> --
>>>> 2.5.0
>>>>
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>>
>
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