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diff --git a/doc/developer/rcu.rst b/doc/developer/rcu.rst index 4fd5658..2335e8f 100644 --- a/doc/developer/rcu.rst +++ b/doc/developer/rcu.rst @@ -232,6 +232,15 @@ Internals that case, either all of the library's threads must be registered for RCU, or the code must instead pass a (non-RCU) copy of the data to the library. +.. c:function:: int frr_pthread_non_controlled_startup(pthread_t thread, const char *name, const char *os_name) + + If a pthread is started outside the control of normal pthreads in frr + then frr_pthread_non_controlled_startup should be called. This will + properly setup both the pthread with rcu usage as well as some data + structures pertaining to the name of the pthread. This is especially + important if the pthread created ends up calling back into FRR and + one of the various zlog_XXX functions is called. + .. c:function:: void rcu_shutdown(void) Stop the RCU sweeper thread and make sure all cleanup has finished. |