linux-gen: timer: add inline_thread_type config file option

Added option to control which thread types process (non-private)
inline timer pools.

Signed-off-by: Petri Savolainen <petri.savolainen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Matias Elo <matias.elo@nokia.com>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/config/odp-linux-generic.conf b/config/odp-linux-generic.conf
index 4e24ef82d..b35089944 100644
--- a/config/odp-linux-generic.conf
+++ b/config/odp-linux-generic.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # Mandatory fields
 odp_implementation = "linux-generic"
-config_file_version = "0.1.9"
+config_file_version = "0.1.10"
 
 # Shared memory options
 shm: {
@@ -148,18 +148,21 @@ timer: {
 	# Use inline timer implementation
 	#
 	# By default, timer processing is done in background threads (thread per
-	# timer pool). With inline implementation timers are processed on worker
-	# cores instead. When using inline timers the application has to call
-	# odp_schedule() or odp_queue_deq() to actuate timer processing.
+	# timer pool). With inline implementation timers are processed by ODP
+	# application threads instead. When using inline timers the application
+	# has to call odp_schedule() or odp_queue_deq() regularly to actuate
+	# timer processing.
 	#
-	# Set to 1 to enable
+	# 0: Use POSIX timer and background threads to process timers
+	# 1: Use inline timer implementation and application threads to process
+	#    timers
 	inline = 0
 
 	# Inline timer poll interval
 	#
 	# When set to 1 inline timers are polled during every schedule round.
 	# Increasing the value reduces timer processing overhead while
-	# decreasing accuracy. Ignored when inline timer is not enabled.
+	# decreasing accuracy. Ignored when inline timer is not used.
 	inline_poll_interval = 10
 
 	# Inline timer poll interval in nanoseconds
@@ -168,6 +171,18 @@ timer: {
 	# inline timer polling rate in nanoseconds. By default, this defines the
 	# maximum rate a thread may poll timers. If a timer pool is created with
 	# a higher resolution than this, the polling rate is increased
-	# accordingly.
+	# accordingly. Ignored when inline timer is not used.
 	inline_poll_interval_nsec = 500000
+
+	# Inline timer use of threads
+	#
+	# Select which thread types process non-private timer pools in inline
+	# timer implementation. Thread type does not affect private timer
+	# pool procesessing, those are always processed by the thread which
+	# created the pool. Ignored when inline timer is not used.
+	#
+	# 0: Both control and worker threads process non-private timer pools
+	# 1: Only worker threads process non-private timer pools
+	# 2: Only control threads process non-private timer pools
+	inline_thread_type = 0
 }