[v3,2/2] eal: factorize lcore main loop

Message ID 20220405163448.2099-2-david.marchand@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Marchand
Headers
Series [v3,1/2] eal: cleanup lcore ID hand-over |

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Commit Message

David Marchand April 5, 2022, 4:34 p.m. UTC
  All OS implementations provide the same main loop.
Introduce helpers (shared for Linux and FreeBSD) to handle synchronisation
between main and threads and factorize the rest as common code.
Thread id are now logged as string in a common format across OS.

Note: libabigail flags this change as breaking ABI in clang builds:

1 function with some indirect sub-type change:

  [C] 'function int rte_eal_remote_launch(int (void*)*, void*, unsigned
      int)' at eal_common_launch.c:35:1 has some indirect sub-type
      changes:
    parameter 1 of type 'int (void*)*' changed:
      in pointed to type 'function type int (void*)' at rte_launch.h:31:1:
        entity changed from 'function type int (void*)' to 'typedef
          lcore_function_t' at rte_launch.h:31:1
        type size hasn't changed

This is being investigated on libabigail side.
For now, we don't have much choice but to waive reports on this symbol.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
---
Changes since v2:
- aligned rte_eal_remote_launch definition to prototype,
- waived false positive ABI breakage for clang builds,

Changes since v1:
- rebased on top of Tyler fix for Windows and new cleanup,

---
 devtools/libabigail.abignore       |   4 +
 lib/eal/common/eal_common_launch.c |  36 +++++++-
 lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c |  63 ++++++++++++++
 lib/eal/common/eal_thread.h        |  27 ++++++
 lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c              |   7 +-
 lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c       | 128 ----------------------------
 lib/eal/linux/eal.c                |   4 +-
 lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c         | 130 +----------------------------
 lib/eal/unix/eal_unix_thread.c     |  63 ++++++++++++++
 lib/eal/unix/meson.build           |   5 +-
 lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c       | 126 +++++++---------------------
 11 files changed, 231 insertions(+), 362 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/eal/unix/eal_unix_thread.c
  

Comments

David Marchand April 14, 2022, 11:48 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 6:37 PM David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> All OS implementations provide the same main loop.
> Introduce helpers (shared for Linux and FreeBSD) to handle synchronisation
> between main and threads and factorize the rest as common code.
> Thread id are now logged as string in a common format across OS.
>
> Note: libabigail flags this change as breaking ABI in clang builds:
>
> 1 function with some indirect sub-type change:
>
>   [C] 'function int rte_eal_remote_launch(int (void*)*, void*, unsigned
>       int)' at eal_common_launch.c:35:1 has some indirect sub-type
>       changes:
>     parameter 1 of type 'int (void*)*' changed:
>       in pointed to type 'function type int (void*)' at rte_launch.h:31:1:
>         entity changed from 'function type int (void*)' to 'typedef
>           lcore_function_t' at rte_launch.h:31:1
>         type size hasn't changed
>
> This is being investigated on libabigail side.
> For now, we don't have much choice but to waive reports on this symbol.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
> Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>

Added a note in the commitlog about Windows EAL threads affinity (from
a parallel discussion with Tyler), and applied.
Thanks.
  

Patch

diff --git a/devtools/libabigail.abignore b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
index 5be5c28dc3..79ff15dc4e 100644
--- a/devtools/libabigail.abignore
+++ b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ 
 ; Ignore visibility fix of local functions in experimental gpudev library
 [suppress_file]
         soname_regexp = ^librte_gpudev\.
+
+; Ignore libabigail false-positive in clang builds, after moving code.
+[suppress_function]
+	name = rte_eal_remote_launch
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_launch.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
index 9f393b9bda..992f8e4631 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_launch.c
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ 
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include <rte_launch.h>
+#include <rte_eal_trace.h>
 #include <rte_atomic.h>
 #include <rte_pause.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
+#include "eal_thread.h"
 
 /*
  * Wait until a lcore finished its job.
@@ -18,12 +20,44 @@  int
 rte_eal_wait_lcore(unsigned worker_id)
 {
 	while (__atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].state,
-					__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) != WAIT)
+			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) != WAIT)
 		rte_pause();
 
 	return lcore_config[worker_id].ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Send a message to a worker lcore identified by worker_id to call a
+ * function f with argument arg. Once the execution is done, the
+ * remote lcore switches to WAIT state.
+ */
+int
+rte_eal_remote_launch(lcore_function_t *f, void *arg, unsigned int worker_id)
+{
+	int rc = -EBUSY;
+
+	/* Check if the worker is in 'WAIT' state. Use acquire order
+	 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
+	 */
+	if (__atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].state,
+			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) != WAIT)
+		goto finish;
+
+	lcore_config[worker_id].arg = arg;
+	/* Ensure that all the memory operations are completed
+	 * before the worker thread starts running the function.
+	 * Use worker thread function as the guard variable.
+	 */
+	__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].f, f, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+
+	eal_thread_wake_worker(worker_id);
+	rc = 0;
+
+finish:
+	rte_eal_trace_thread_remote_launch(f, arg, worker_id, rc);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check that every WORKER lcores are in WAIT state, then call
  * rte_eal_remote_launch() for all of them. If call_main is true
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index 684bea166c..962b7e9ac4 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <rte_eal_trace.h>
 #include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
@@ -163,6 +164,68 @@  __rte_thread_uninit(void)
 	RTE_PER_LCORE(_lcore_id) = LCORE_ID_ANY;
 }
 
+/* main loop of threads */
+__rte_noreturn void *
+eal_thread_loop(void *arg)
+{
+	unsigned int lcore_id = (uintptr_t)arg;
+	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
+	int ret;
+
+	__rte_thread_init(lcore_id, &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
+
+	ret = eal_thread_dump_current_affinity(cpuset, sizeof(cpuset));
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%zx;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
+		lcore_id, (uintptr_t)pthread_self(), cpuset,
+		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
+
+	rte_eal_trace_thread_lcore_ready(lcore_id, cpuset);
+
+	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
+	while (1) {
+		lcore_function_t *f;
+		void *fct_arg;
+
+		eal_thread_wait_command();
+
+		/* Set the state to 'RUNNING'. Use release order
+		 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
+		 */
+		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, RUNNING,
+			__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+
+		eal_thread_ack_command();
+
+		/* Load 'f' with acquire order to ensure that
+		 * the memory operations from the main thread
+		 * are accessed only after update to 'f' is visible.
+		 * Wait till the update to 'f' is visible to the worker.
+		 */
+		while ((f = __atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].f,
+				__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == NULL)
+			rte_pause();
+
+		/* call the function and store the return value */
+		fct_arg = lcore_config[lcore_id].arg;
+		ret = f(fct_arg);
+		lcore_config[lcore_id].ret = ret;
+		lcore_config[lcore_id].f = NULL;
+		lcore_config[lcore_id].arg = NULL;
+
+		/* Store the state with release order to ensure that
+		 * the memory operations from the worker thread
+		 * are completed before the state is updated.
+		 * Use 'state' as the guard variable.
+		 */
+		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, WAIT,
+			__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+	}
+
+	/* never reached */
+	/* pthread_exit(NULL); */
+	/* return NULL; */
+}
+
 enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status {
 	CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING, /* Yet to call pthread_create function */
 	CTRL_THREAD_RUNNING, /* Control thread is running successfully */
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_thread.h b/lib/eal/common/eal_thread.h
index 3c84efd553..ca3378d463 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_thread.h
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_thread.h
@@ -58,4 +58,31 @@  eal_thread_dump_affinity(rte_cpuset_t *cpuset, char *str, unsigned int size);
 int
 eal_thread_dump_current_affinity(char *str, unsigned int size);
 
+/**
+ * Called by the main thread to wake up a worker in 'WAIT' state.
+ * This function blocks until the worker acknowledge it started processing a
+ * new command.
+ * This function is private to EAL.
+ *
+ * @param worker_id
+ *   The lcore_id of a worker thread.
+ */
+void
+eal_thread_wake_worker(unsigned int worker_id);
+
+/**
+ * Called by a worker thread to sleep after entering 'WAIT' state.
+ * This function is private to EAL.
+ */
+void
+eal_thread_wait_command(void);
+
+/**
+ * Called by a worker thread to acknowledge new command after leaving 'WAIT'
+ * state.
+ * This function is private to EAL.
+ */
+void
+eal_thread_ack_command(void);
+
 #endif /* EAL_THREAD_H */
diff --git a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c
index e233e57184..a6b20960f2 100644
--- a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c
+++ b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@  int
 rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int i, fctret, ret;
-	pthread_t thread_id;
 	static uint32_t run_once;
 	uint32_t has_run = 0;
 	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
@@ -604,8 +603,6 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	thread_id = pthread_self();
-
 	eal_reset_internal_config(internal_conf);
 
 	/* clone argv to report out later in telemetry */
@@ -794,8 +791,8 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	ret = eal_thread_dump_current_affinity(cpuset, sizeof(cpuset));
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Main lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
-		config->main_lcore, thread_id, cpuset,
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Main lcore %u is ready (tid=%zx;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
+		config->main_lcore, (uintptr_t)pthread_self(), cpuset,
 		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
 
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER(i) {
diff --git a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c
index 9044d70ef7..ab81b527bc 100644
--- a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c
@@ -20,138 +20,10 @@ 
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_eal_trace.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
 
-/*
- * Send a message to a worker lcore identified by worker_id to call a
- * function f with argument arg. Once the execution is done, the
- * remote lcore switches to WAIT state.
- */
-int
-rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned worker_id)
-{
-	int n;
-	char c = 0;
-	int m2w = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_main2worker[1];
-	int w2m = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_worker2main[0];
-	int rc = -EBUSY;
-
-	/* Check if the worker is in 'WAIT' state. Use acquire order
-	 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
-	 */
-	if (__atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].state,
-					__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) != WAIT)
-		goto finish;
-
-	lcore_config[worker_id].arg = arg;
-	/* Ensure that all the memory operations are completed
-	 * before the worker thread starts running the function.
-	 * Use worker thread function as the guard variable.
-	 */
-	__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].f, f, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-
-	/* send message */
-	n = 0;
-	while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-		n = write(m2w, &c, 1);
-	if (n < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	/* wait ack */
-	do {
-		n = read(w2m, &c, 1);
-	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-	if (n <= 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	rc = 0;
-finish:
-	rte_eal_trace_thread_remote_launch(f, arg, worker_id, rc);
-	return rc;
-}
-
-/* main loop of threads */
-__rte_noreturn void *
-eal_thread_loop(void *arg)
-{
-	unsigned int lcore_id = (uintptr_t)arg;
-	char c;
-	int n, ret;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	int m2w, w2m;
-	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
-
-	m2w = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_main2worker[0];
-	w2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_worker2main[1];
-
-	__rte_thread_init(lcore_id, &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
-
-	ret = eal_thread_dump_current_affinity(cpuset, sizeof(cpuset));
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
-		lcore_id, pthread_self(), cpuset, ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
-
-	rte_eal_trace_thread_lcore_ready(lcore_id, cpuset);
-
-	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
-	while (1) {
-		lcore_function_t *f;
-		void *fct_arg;
-
-		/* wait command */
-		do {
-			n = read(m2w, &c, 1);
-		} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-		if (n <= 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		/* Set the state to 'RUNNING'. Use release order
-		 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
-		 */
-		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, RUNNING,
-					__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-
-		/* send ack */
-		n = 0;
-		while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-			n = write(w2m, &c, 1);
-		if (n < 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		/* Load 'f' with acquire order to ensure that
-		 * the memory operations from the main thread
-		 * are accessed only after update to 'f' is visible.
-		 * Wait till the update to 'f' is visible to the worker.
-		 */
-		while ((f = __atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].f,
-			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == NULL)
-			rte_pause();
-
-		/* call the function and store the return value */
-		fct_arg = lcore_config[lcore_id].arg;
-		ret = f(fct_arg);
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].ret = ret;
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].f = NULL;
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].arg = NULL;
-
-		/* Store the state with release order to ensure that
-		 * the memory operations from the worker thread
-		 * are completed before the state is updated.
-		 * Use 'state' as the guard variable.
-		 */
-		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, WAIT,
-					__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-	}
-
-	/* never reached */
-	/* pthread_exit(NULL); */
-	/* return NULL; */
-}
-
 /* require calling thread tid by gettid() */
 int rte_sys_gettid(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/eal/linux/eal.c b/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
index 98c6838026..1ef263434a 100644
--- a/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
+++ b/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@  int
 rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int i, fctret, ret;
-	pthread_t thread_id;
 	static uint32_t run_once;
 	uint32_t has_run = 0;
 	const char *p;
@@ -890,7 +889,6 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	p = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
 	strlcpy(logid, p ? p + 1 : argv[0], sizeof(logid));
-	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
 	eal_reset_internal_config(internal_conf);
 
@@ -1129,7 +1127,7 @@  rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	ret = eal_thread_dump_current_affinity(cpuset, sizeof(cpuset));
 	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Main lcore %u is ready (tid=%zx;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
-		config->main_lcore, (uintptr_t)thread_id, cpuset,
+		config->main_lcore, (uintptr_t)pthread_self(), cpuset,
 		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
 
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER(i) {
diff --git a/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c b/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c
index 26b0a7d48a..820cc905e0 100644
--- a/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c
@@ -14,139 +14,11 @@ 
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_eal_trace.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
 
-/*
- * Send a message to a worker lcore identified by worker_id to call a
- * function f with argument arg. Once the execution is done, the
- * remote lcore switches to WAIT state.
- */
-int
-rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned int worker_id)
-{
-	int n;
-	char c = 0;
-	int m2w = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_main2worker[1];
-	int w2m = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_worker2main[0];
-	int rc = -EBUSY;
-
-	/* Check if the worker is in 'WAIT' state. Use acquire order
-	 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
-	 */
-	if (__atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].state,
-					__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) != WAIT)
-		goto finish;
-
-	lcore_config[worker_id].arg = arg;
-	/* Ensure that all the memory operations are completed
-	 * before the worker thread starts running the function.
-	 * Use worker thread function pointer as the guard variable.
-	 */
-	__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].f, f, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-
-	/* send message */
-	n = 0;
-	while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-		n = write(m2w, &c, 1);
-	if (n < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	/* wait ack */
-	do {
-		n = read(w2m, &c, 1);
-	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-	if (n <= 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	rc = 0;
-finish:
-	rte_eal_trace_thread_remote_launch(f, arg, worker_id, rc);
-	return rc;
-}
-
-/* main loop of threads */
-__rte_noreturn void *
-eal_thread_loop(void *arg)
-{
-	unsigned int lcore_id = (uintptr_t)arg;
-	char c;
-	int n, ret;
-	int m2w, w2m;
-	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
-
-
-	m2w = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_main2worker[0];
-	w2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_worker2main[1];
-
-	__rte_thread_init(lcore_id, &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
-
-	ret = eal_thread_dump_current_affinity(cpuset, sizeof(cpuset));
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%zx;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
-		lcore_id, (uintptr_t)pthread_self(), cpuset,
-		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
-
-	rte_eal_trace_thread_lcore_ready(lcore_id, cpuset);
-
-	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
-	while (1) {
-		lcore_function_t *f;
-		void *fct_arg;
-
-		/* wait command */
-		do {
-			n = read(m2w, &c, 1);
-		} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-		if (n <= 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		/* Set the state to 'RUNNING'. Use release order
-		 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
-		 */
-		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, RUNNING,
-					__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-
-		/* send ack */
-		n = 0;
-		while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-			n = write(w2m, &c, 1);
-		if (n < 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		/* Load 'f' with acquire order to ensure that
-		 * the memory operations from the main thread
-		 * are accessed only after update to 'f' is visible.
-		 * Wait till the update to 'f' is visible to the worker.
-		 */
-		while ((f = __atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].f,
-			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == NULL)
-			rte_pause();
-
-		/* call the function and store the return value */
-		fct_arg = lcore_config[lcore_id].arg;
-		ret = f(fct_arg);
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].ret = ret;
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].f = NULL;
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].arg = NULL;
-
-		/* Store the state with release order to ensure that
-		 * the memory operations from the worker thread
-		 * are completed before the state is updated.
-		 * Use 'state' as the guard variable.
-		 */
-		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, WAIT,
-					__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-	}
-
-	/* never reached */
-	/* pthread_exit(NULL); */
-	/* return NULL; */
-}
-
 /* require calling thread tid by gettid() */
 int rte_sys_gettid(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/eal/unix/eal_unix_thread.c b/lib/eal/unix/eal_unix_thread.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70b5ba6b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/eal/unix/eal_unix_thread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <rte_debug.h>
+
+#include "eal_private.h"
+
+void
+eal_thread_wake_worker(unsigned int worker_id)
+{
+	int m2w = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_main2worker[1];
+	int w2m = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_worker2main[0];
+	char c = 0;
+	int n;
+
+	do {
+		n = write(m2w, &c, 1);
+	} while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR));
+	if (n < 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
+
+	do {
+		n = read(w2m, &c, 1);
+	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+	if (n <= 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
+}
+
+void
+eal_thread_wait_command(void)
+{
+	unsigned int lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+	int m2w;
+	char c;
+	int n;
+
+	m2w = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_main2worker[0];
+	do {
+		n = read(m2w, &c, 1);
+	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+	if (n <= 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
+}
+
+void
+eal_thread_ack_command(void)
+{
+	unsigned int lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+	char c = 0;
+	int w2m;
+	int n;
+
+	w2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_worker2main[1];
+	do {
+		n = write(w2m, &c, 1);
+	} while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR));
+	if (n < 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
+}
diff --git a/lib/eal/unix/meson.build b/lib/eal/unix/meson.build
index a22ea7cabc..781505ca90 100644
--- a/lib/eal/unix/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eal/unix/meson.build
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ 
 
 sources += files(
         'eal_file.c',
+        'eal_filesystem.c',
+        'eal_firmware.c',
         'eal_unix_memory.c',
+        'eal_unix_thread.c',
         'eal_unix_timer.c',
-        'eal_firmware.c',
-        'eal_filesystem.c',
         'rte_thread.c',
 )
diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c b/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c
index 95e96548de..f3c61b4456 100644
--- a/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c
@@ -11,124 +11,62 @@ 
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <eal_thread.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
+#include "eal_thread.h"
 #include "eal_windows.h"
 
-/*
- * Send a message to a worker lcore identified by worker_id to call a
- * function f with argument arg. Once the execution is done, the
- * remote lcore switches to WAIT state.
- */
-int
-rte_eal_remote_launch(lcore_function_t *f, void *arg, unsigned int worker_id)
+void
+eal_thread_wake_worker(unsigned int worker_id)
 {
-	int n;
-	char c = 0;
 	int m2w = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_main2worker[1];
 	int w2m = lcore_config[worker_id].pipe_worker2main[0];
+	char c = 0;
+	int n;
 
-	/* Check if the worker is in 'WAIT' state. Use acquire order
-	 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
-	 */
-	if (__atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].state,
-					__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) != WAIT)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	lcore_config[worker_id].arg = arg;
-	/* Ensure that all the memory operations are completed
-	 * before the worker thread starts running the function.
-	 * Use worker thread function as the guard variable.
-	 */
-	__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[worker_id].f, f, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-
-	/* send message */
-	n = 0;
-	while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
+	do {
 		n = _write(m2w, &c, 1);
+	} while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR));
 	if (n < 0)
 		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
 
-	/* wait ack */
 	do {
 		n = _read(w2m, &c, 1);
 	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
 	if (n <= 0)
 		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
-/* main loop of threads */
-void *
-eal_thread_loop(void *arg)
+void
+eal_thread_wait_command(void)
 {
-	unsigned int lcore_id = (uintptr_t)arg;
+	unsigned int lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+	int m2w;
 	char c;
-	int n, ret;
-	int m2w, w2m;
-	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
+	int n;
 
 	m2w = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_main2worker[0];
-	w2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_worker2main[1];
+	do {
+		n = _read(m2w, &c, 1);
+	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+	if (n <= 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
+}
 
-	__rte_thread_init(lcore_id, &lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
-
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%zx;cpuset=[%s])\n",
-		lcore_id, (uintptr_t)pthread_self(), cpuset);
-
-	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
-	while (1) {
-		lcore_function_t *f;
-		void *fct_arg;
-
-		/* wait command */
-		do {
-			n = _read(m2w, &c, 1);
-		} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-		if (n <= 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		/* Set the state to 'RUNNING'. Use release order
-		 * since 'state' variable is used as the guard variable.
-		 */
-		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, RUNNING,
-					__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-
-		/* send ack */
-		n = 0;
-		while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-			n = _write(w2m, &c, 1);
-		if (n < 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		/* Load 'f' with acquire order to ensure that
-		 * the memory operations from the main thread
-		 * are accessed only after update to 'f' is visible.
-		 * Wait till the update to 'f' is visible to the worker.
-		 */
-		while ((f = __atomic_load_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].f,
-			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == NULL)
-			rte_pause();
-
-		/* call the function and store the return value */
-		fct_arg = lcore_config[lcore_id].arg;
-		ret = f(fct_arg);
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].ret = ret;
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].f = NULL;
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].arg = NULL;
-
-		/* Store the state with release order to ensure that
-		 * the memory operations from the worker thread
-		 * are completed before the state is updated.
-		 * Use 'state' as the guard variable.
-		 */
-		__atomic_store_n(&lcore_config[lcore_id].state, WAIT,
-					__ATOMIC_RELEASE);
-	}
+void
+eal_thread_ack_command(void)
+{
+	unsigned int lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+	char c = 0;
+	int w2m;
+	int n;
+
+	w2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_worker2main[1];
+	do {
+		n = _write(w2m, &c, 1);
+	} while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR));
+	if (n < 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
 }
 
 /* function to create threads */