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Re: [RFC] named thread support


Kris Warkentin wrote:

Would it be of interest to have a generic 'set threadname <tid> <name>' that called a target_set_threadname()? I ask because we're implementing named threads in our kernel but I don't know if many other systems support this. I can always add it to our backend but if someone else might use it in the future, I can make it general.

This actually was on the wishlist ages ago, ca 1998 or so I think, probably connected with eCos plans. Even a target that didn't support named threads could still make use of the generic capability, for instance via setup scripts - break at a place known unique to a particular thread, get tid, name it, then user and other scripts can reliably use the name.

Stan


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