diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index ad10f82..ee36525 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -2891,6 +2891,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uint8_t portid;
 	uint16_t queue_id;
 	static pthread_t tid;
+	char thread_name[RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
 	/* init EAL */
 	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
@@ -3017,8 +3018,21 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	memset(&dev_statistics, 0, sizeof(dev_statistics));
 
 	/* Enable stats if the user option is set. */
-	if (enable_stats)
-		pthread_create(&tid, NULL, (void*)print_stats, NULL );
+	if (enable_stats) {
+		snprintf(thread_name, RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN, "vhost-stats");
+
+		ret = pthread_create(&tid, NULL, (void*)print_stats, NULL );
+
+		if (ret != 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				"Cannot create print-stats thread\n");
+
+		ret = pthread_setname_np(tid, thread_name);
+
+		if (ret != 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				"Cannot set print-stats name\n");
+	}
 
 	/* Launch all data cores. */
 	if (zero_copy == 0) {
diff --git a/examples/vhost_xen/main.c b/examples/vhost_xen/main.c
index b4a86e3..530b047 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_xen/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost_xen/main.c
@@ -1433,6 +1433,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret;
 	uint8_t portid;
 	static pthread_t tid;
+	char thread_name[RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
 	/* init EAL */
 	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
@@ -1505,9 +1506,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	memset(&dev_statistics, 0, sizeof(dev_statistics));
 
 	/* Enable stats if the user option is set. */
-	if (enable_stats)
+	if (enable_stats) {
+
+		snprintf(thread_name, RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN,
+			"vhost-xen-stats");
+
 		pthread_create(&tid, NULL, (void*)print_stats, NULL );
 
+		if (ret != 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				"Cannot create print-stats thread\n");
+
+		ret = pthread_setname_np(tid, thread_name);
+
+		if (ret != 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				"Cannot set print-stats name\n");
+	}
+
 	/* Launch all data cores. */
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
 		rte_eal_remote_launch(switch_worker, mbuf_pool, lcore_id);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
index 2357cfa..55971b9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ CFLAGS_eal_common_log.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 # workaround for a gcc bug with noreturn attribute
 # http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12603
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_TOOLCHAIN_GCC),y)
-CFLAGS_eal_thread.o += -Wno-return-type
+CFLAGS_eal_common_thread.o += -Wno-return-type
 CFLAGS_eal_hpet.o += -Wno-return-type
 endif
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index 871d5f4..6b756d5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i, fctret, ret;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
+	char thread_name[RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
 
 	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
@@ -525,6 +526,9 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(i) {
 
+		snprintf(thread_name, RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN,
+			"lcore-slave-%d", i);
+
 		/*
 		 * create communication pipes between master thread
 		 * and children
@@ -541,6 +545,9 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 				     eal_thread_loop, NULL);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
+
+		pthread_set_name_np(
+			lcore_config[i].thread_id, (const char *)thread_name);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
index 9a03437..5714b8f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_thread.c
@@ -35,163 +35,11 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sched.h>
-#include <pthread_np.h>
-#include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/thr.h>
 
-#include <rte_debug.h>
-#include <rte_atomic.h>
-#include <rte_launch.h>
-#include <rte_log.h>
-#include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <rte_memzone.h>
-#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_eal.h>
-#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_lcore.h>
-
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
 
-RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(unsigned, _lcore_id) = LCORE_ID_ANY;
-RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(unsigned, _socket_id) = (unsigned)SOCKET_ID_ANY;
-RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(rte_cpuset_t, _cpuset);
-
-/*
- * Send a message to a slave lcore identified by slave_id to call a
- * function f with argument arg. Once the execution is done, the
- * remote lcore switch in FINISHED state.
- */
-int
-rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned slave_id)
-{
-	int n;
-	char c = 0;
-	int m2s = lcore_config[slave_id].pipe_master2slave[1];
-	int s2m = lcore_config[slave_id].pipe_slave2master[0];
-
-	if (lcore_config[slave_id].state != WAIT)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	lcore_config[slave_id].f = f;
-	lcore_config[slave_id].arg = arg;
-
-	/* send message */
-	n = 0;
-	while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-		n = write(m2s, &c, 1);
-	if (n < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	/* wait ack */
-	do {
-		n = read(s2m, &c, 1);
-	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-	if (n <= 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* set affinity for current thread */
-static int
-eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
-{
-	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-
-	/* acquire system unique id  */
-	rte_gettid();
-
-	/* update EAL thread core affinity */
-	return rte_thread_set_affinity(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
-}
-
-void eal_thread_init_master(unsigned lcore_id)
-{
-	/* set the lcore ID in per-lcore memory area */
-	RTE_PER_LCORE(_lcore_id) = lcore_id;
-
-	/* set CPU affinity */
-	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
-}
-
-/* main loop of threads */
-__attribute__((noreturn)) void *
-eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
-{
-	char c;
-	int n, ret;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	pthread_t thread_id;
-	int m2s, s2m;
-	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
-
-	thread_id = pthread_self();
-
-	/* retrieve our lcore_id from the configuration structure */
-	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
-		if (thread_id == lcore_config[lcore_id].thread_id)
-			break;
-	}
-	if (lcore_id == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
-		rte_panic("cannot retrieve lcore id\n");
-
-	m2s = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_master2slave[0];
-	s2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_slave2master[1];
-
-	/* set the lcore ID in per-lcore memory area */
-	RTE_PER_LCORE(_lcore_id) = lcore_id;
-
-	/* set CPU affinity */
-	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
-
-	ret = eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN);
-
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%p;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
-		lcore_id, thread_id, cpuset, ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
-
-	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
-	while (1) {
-		void *fct_arg;
-
-		/* wait command */
-		do {
-			n = read(m2s, &c, 1);
-		} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-		if (n <= 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].state = RUNNING;
-
-		/* send ack */
-		n = 0;
-		while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-			n = write(s2m, &c, 1);
-		if (n < 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		if (lcore_config[lcore_id].f == NULL)
-			rte_panic("NULL function pointer\n");
-
-		/* call the function and store the return value */
-		fct_arg = lcore_config[lcore_id].arg;
-		ret = lcore_config[lcore_id].f(fct_arg);
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].ret = ret;
-		rte_wmb();
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].state = FINISHED;
-	}
-
-	/* never reached */
-	/* pthread_exit(NULL); */
-	/* return NULL; */
-}
-
 /* require calling thread tid by gettid() */
 int rte_sys_gettid(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index 2405e93..48dfd95 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -43,10 +44,21 @@
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_debug.h>
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+#include <rte_launch.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 
+#include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
 
 RTE_DECLARE_PER_LCORE(unsigned , _socket_id);
+RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(unsigned, _lcore_id) = LCORE_ID_ANY;
+RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(unsigned, _socket_id) = (unsigned)SOCKET_ID_ANY;
+RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(rte_cpuset_t, _cpuset);
 
 unsigned rte_socket_id(void)
 {
@@ -155,3 +167,136 @@ exit:
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Send a message to a slave lcore identified by slave_id to call a
+ * function f with argument arg. Once the execution is done, the
+ * remote lcore switch in FINISHED state.
+ */
+int
+rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned slave_id)
+{
+	int n;
+	char c = 0;
+	int m2s = lcore_config[slave_id].pipe_master2slave[1];
+	int s2m = lcore_config[slave_id].pipe_slave2master[0];
+
+	if (lcore_config[slave_id].state != WAIT)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	lcore_config[slave_id].f = f;
+	lcore_config[slave_id].arg = arg;
+
+	/* send message */
+	n = 0;
+	while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
+		n = write(m2s, &c, 1);
+	if (n < 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
+
+	/* wait ack */
+	do {
+		n = read(s2m, &c, 1);
+	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+	if (n <= 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* set affinity for current EAL thread */
+static int
+eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
+{
+	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+
+	/* acquire system unique id  */
+	rte_gettid();
+
+	/* update EAL thread core affinity */
+	return rte_thread_set_affinity(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
+}
+
+void eal_thread_init_master(unsigned lcore_id)
+{
+	/* set the lcore ID in per-lcore memory area */
+	RTE_PER_LCORE(_lcore_id) = lcore_id;
+
+	/* set CPU affinity */
+	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
+}
+
+/* main loop of threads */
+__attribute__((noreturn)) void *
+eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
+{
+	char c;
+	int n, ret;
+	unsigned lcore_id;
+	pthread_t thread_id;
+	int m2s, s2m;
+	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
+
+	thread_id = pthread_self();
+
+	/* retrieve our lcore_id from the configuration structure */
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
+		if (thread_id == lcore_config[lcore_id].thread_id)
+			break;
+	}
+	if (lcore_id == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
+		rte_panic("cannot retrieve lcore id\n");
+
+	m2s = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_master2slave[0];
+	s2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_slave2master[1];
+
+	/* set the lcore ID in per-lcore memory area */
+	RTE_PER_LCORE(_lcore_id) = lcore_id;
+
+	/* set CPU affinity */
+	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
+		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
+
+	ret = eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (thread=%d;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
+		lcore_id, rte_sys_gettid(), cpuset, ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
+
+	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
+	while (1) {
+		void *fct_arg;
+
+		/* wait command */
+		do {
+			n = read(m2s, &c, 1);
+		} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+		if (n <= 0)
+			rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
+
+		lcore_config[lcore_id].state = RUNNING;
+
+		/* send ack */
+		n = 0;
+		while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
+			n = write(s2m, &c, 1);
+		if (n < 0)
+			rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
+
+		if (lcore_config[lcore_id].f == NULL)
+			rte_panic("NULL function pointer\n");
+
+		/* call the function and store the return value */
+		fct_arg = lcore_config[lcore_id].arg;
+		ret = lcore_config[lcore_id].f(fct_arg);
+		lcore_config[lcore_id].ret = ret;
+		rte_wmb();
+		lcore_config[lcore_id].state = FINISHED;
+	}
+
+	/* never reached */
+	/* pthread_exit(NULL); */
+	/* return NULL; */
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_thread.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_thread.h
index e4e76b9..df7dccd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_thread.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_thread.h
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ int eal_cpuset_socket_id(rte_cpuset_t *cpusetp);
 #define RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN            256
 
 /**
+ * Default buffer size for thread name
+ */
+#define RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN                 32
+
+/**
  * Dump the current pthread cpuset.
  * This function is private to EAL.
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
index 01f7b70..cf2271c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EAL_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_thread.c
 
 CFLAGS_eal.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_interrupts.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
+CFLAGS_eal_timer.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_lcore.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_thread.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_log.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ CFLAGS_eal_hugepage_info.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_pci.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_pci_uio.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_pci_vfio.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
+CFLAGS_eal_pci_vfio_mp_sync.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_common_whitelist.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_common_options.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_eal_common_thread.o := -D_GNU_SOURCE
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index bd770cf..6335a41 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
 	struct shared_driver *solib = NULL;
+	char thread_name[RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 	const char *logid;
 	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
 
@@ -816,6 +817,9 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(i) {
 
+		snprintf(thread_name, RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN,
+			"lcore-slave-%d", i);
+
 		/*
 		 * create communication pipes between master thread
 		 * and children
@@ -832,6 +836,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 				     eal_thread_loop, NULL);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
+
+		ret = pthread_setname_np(
+			lcore_config[i].thread_id, thread_name);
+
+		if (ret != 0)
+			rte_panic("Cannot set name for the thread\n");
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
index 66deda2..5487d58 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_vfio.h"
+#include "eal_thread.h"
 
 #define EAL_INTR_EPOLL_WAIT_FOREVER (-1)
 
@@ -838,6 +839,7 @@ int
 rte_eal_intr_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	char thread_name[RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
 	/* init the global interrupt source head */
 	TAILQ_INIT(&intr_sources);
@@ -849,6 +851,9 @@ rte_eal_intr_init(void)
 	if (pipe(intr_pipe.pipefd) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	snprintf(thread_name, RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN,
+		"eal-intr-thread");
+
 	/* create the host thread to wait/handle the interrupt */
 	ret = pthread_create(&intr_thread, NULL,
 			eal_intr_thread_main, NULL);
@@ -856,6 +861,12 @@ rte_eal_intr_init(void)
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
 			"Failed to create thread for interrupt handling\n");
 
+	ret = pthread_setname_np(intr_thread, thread_name);
+
+	if (ret != 0)
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+			"Failed to set thread name for interrupt handling\n");
+
 	return -ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio_mp_sync.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio_mp_sync.c
index fec7080..c23374d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio_mp_sync.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio_mp_sync.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 /* sys/un.h with __USE_MISC uses strlen, which is unsafe */
 #ifdef __USE_MISC
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 
 #include "eal_filesystem.h"
 #include "eal_pci_init.h"
+#include "eal_thread.h"
 
 /**
  * @file
@@ -374,20 +376,36 @@ int
 pci_vfio_mp_sync_setup(void)
 {
 	int ret;
+	char thread_name[RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
 	if (vfio_mp_sync_socket_setup() < 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to set up local socket!\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	snprintf(thread_name, RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN,
+		"pci-vfio-mp-sync");
+
 	ret = pthread_create(&socket_thread, NULL,
 			pci_vfio_mp_sync_thread, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to create thread for communication with "
-				"secondary processes!\n");
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+			"Failed to create thread for communication with "
+			"secondary processes!\n");
+		close(mp_socket_fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = pthread_setname_np(socket_thread, thread_name);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+			"Failed to set thread name for "
+			"secondary processes!\n");
 		close(mp_socket_fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
index 18bd8e0..51dca37 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_thread.c
@@ -34,163 +34,13 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <sched.h>
-#include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-#include <rte_debug.h>
-#include <rte_atomic.h>
-#include <rte_launch.h>
-#include <rte_log.h>
-#include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <rte_memzone.h>
-#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_eal.h>
-#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_lcore.h>
-
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
 
-RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(unsigned, _lcore_id) = LCORE_ID_ANY;
-RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(unsigned, _socket_id) = (unsigned)SOCKET_ID_ANY;
-RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(rte_cpuset_t, _cpuset);
-
-/*
- * Send a message to a slave lcore identified by slave_id to call a
- * function f with argument arg. Once the execution is done, the
- * remote lcore switch in FINISHED state.
- */
-int
-rte_eal_remote_launch(int (*f)(void *), void *arg, unsigned slave_id)
-{
-	int n;
-	char c = 0;
-	int m2s = lcore_config[slave_id].pipe_master2slave[1];
-	int s2m = lcore_config[slave_id].pipe_slave2master[0];
-
-	if (lcore_config[slave_id].state != WAIT)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	lcore_config[slave_id].f = f;
-	lcore_config[slave_id].arg = arg;
-
-	/* send message */
-	n = 0;
-	while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-		n = write(m2s, &c, 1);
-	if (n < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	/* wait ack */
-	do {
-		n = read(s2m, &c, 1);
-	} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-	if (n <= 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* set affinity for current EAL thread */
-static int
-eal_thread_set_affinity(void)
-{
-	unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-
-	/* acquire system unique id  */
-	rte_gettid();
-
-	/* update EAL thread core affinity */
-	return rte_thread_set_affinity(&lcore_config[lcore_id].cpuset);
-}
-
-void eal_thread_init_master(unsigned lcore_id)
-{
-	/* set the lcore ID in per-lcore memory area */
-	RTE_PER_LCORE(_lcore_id) = lcore_id;
-
-	/* set CPU affinity */
-	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
-}
-
-/* main loop of threads */
-__attribute__((noreturn)) void *
-eal_thread_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
-{
-	char c;
-	int n, ret;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	pthread_t thread_id;
-	int m2s, s2m;
-	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
-
-	thread_id = pthread_self();
-
-	/* retrieve our lcore_id from the configuration structure */
-	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
-		if (thread_id == lcore_config[lcore_id].thread_id)
-			break;
-	}
-	if (lcore_id == RTE_MAX_LCORE)
-		rte_panic("cannot retrieve lcore id\n");
-
-	m2s = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_master2slave[0];
-	s2m = lcore_config[lcore_id].pipe_slave2master[1];
-
-	/* set the lcore ID in per-lcore memory area */
-	RTE_PER_LCORE(_lcore_id) = lcore_id;
-
-	/* set CPU affinity */
-	if (eal_thread_set_affinity() < 0)
-		rte_panic("cannot set affinity\n");
-
-	ret = eal_thread_dump_affinity(cpuset, RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN);
-
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "lcore %u is ready (tid=%x;cpuset=[%s%s])\n",
-		lcore_id, (int)thread_id, cpuset, ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
-
-	/* read on our pipe to get commands */
-	while (1) {
-		void *fct_arg;
-
-		/* wait command */
-		do {
-			n = read(m2s, &c, 1);
-		} while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-		if (n <= 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot read on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].state = RUNNING;
-
-		/* send ack */
-		n = 0;
-		while (n == 0 || (n < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-			n = write(s2m, &c, 1);
-		if (n < 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot write on configuration pipe\n");
-
-		if (lcore_config[lcore_id].f == NULL)
-			rte_panic("NULL function pointer\n");
-
-		/* call the function and store the return value */
-		fct_arg = lcore_config[lcore_id].arg;
-		ret = lcore_config[lcore_id].f(fct_arg);
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].ret = ret;
-		rte_wmb();
-		lcore_config[lcore_id].state = FINISHED;
-	}
-
-	/* never reached */
-	/* pthread_exit(NULL); */
-	/* return NULL; */
-}
+#include <rte_log.h>
 
 /* require calling thread tid by gettid() */
 int rte_sys_gettid(void)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
index 169c6e1..b19b18e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_timer.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_internal_cfg.h"
+#include "eal_thread.h"
 
 enum timer_source eal_timer_source = EAL_TIMER_HPET;
 
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ int
 rte_eal_hpet_init(int make_default)
 {
 	int fd, ret;
+	char thread_name[RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
 	if (internal_config.no_hpet) {
 		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "HPET is disabled\n");
@@ -224,16 +226,27 @@ rte_eal_hpet_init(int make_default)
 
 	eal_hpet_msb = (eal_hpet->counter_l >> 30);
 
+	snprintf(thread_name, RTE_THREAD_NAME_LEN, "hpet-msb-inc");
+
 	/* create a thread that will increment a global variable for
 	 * msb (hpet is 32 bits by default under linux) */
 	ret = pthread_create(&msb_inc_thread_id, NULL,
 			(void *(*)(void *))hpet_msb_inc, NULL);
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	if (ret != 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "ERROR: Cannot create HPET timer thread!\n");
 		internal_config.no_hpet = 1;
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	ret = pthread_setname_np(msb_inc_thread_id, thread_name);
+
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+			"ERROR: Cannot set HPET timer thread name!\n");
+		internal_config.no_hpet = 1;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (make_default)
 		eal_timer_source = EAL_TIMER_HPET;
 	return 0;
