@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <rte_cycles.h>
 #include <rte_pause.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_thread.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_memcfg.h"

@@ -47,9 +48,9 @@ estimate_tsc_freq(void)
 #define CYC_PER_10MHZ 1E7
 	RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "WARNING: TSC frequency estimated roughly"
 		" - clock timings may be less accurate.\n");
-	/* assume that the sleep(1) will sleep for 1 second */
+	/* assume that the rte_thread_sleep(1) will sleep for 1 second */
 	uint64_t start = rte_rdtsc();
-	sleep(1);
+	rte_thread_sleep(1);
 	/* Round up to 10Mhz. 1E7 ~ 10Mhz */
 	return RTE_ALIGN_MUL_NEAR(rte_rdtsc() - start, CYC_PER_10MHZ);
 }

@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ int rte_thread_tls_value_set(rte_tls_key key, const void *value);
 __rte_experimental
 void *rte_thread_tls_value_get(rte_tls_key key);
 
+/**
+ * Suspend current OS thread for the specified time, yielding CPU to scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param sec
+ *  Number of seconds to sleep. The system may return control later,
+ *  but not earlier. Zero value always yields the CPU, but control may be
+ *  returned immediately.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+void rte_thread_sleep(unsigned int sec);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif

@@ -334,3 +334,5 @@ EXPORTS
 	rte_mem_map
 	rte_mem_page_size
 	rte_mem_unmap
+
+	rte_thread_sleep

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
  */
 
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>

@@ -84,3 +86,9 @@ rte_thread_tls_value_get(rte_tls_key key)
 	}
 	return pthread_getspecific(key->thread_index);
 }
+
+void
+rte_thread_sleep(unsigned int sec)
+{
+	sleep(sec);
+}

@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_thread_tls_key_delete;
 	rte_thread_tls_value_get;
 	rte_thread_tls_value_set;
+
+	# added in 21.05
+	rte_thread_sleep;
 };
 
 INTERNAL {

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <eal_thread.h>
+#include <rte_thread.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
+#include "eal_thread.h"
 #include "eal_windows.h"
 
 /*

@@ -154,3 +155,9 @@ rte_thread_setname(__rte_unused pthread_t id, __rte_unused const char *name)
 	/* This is a stub, not the expected result */
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void
+rte_thread_sleep(unsigned int sec)
+{
+	return Sleep(MS_PER_S * sec);
+}