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Re: Posix Thread name
On Thu, 13 May 2004 16:01:14 +0200
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 01:09:57PM +1000, Tony Butt wrote:
> > I had a requirement to be able to explicitly set the name of a posix thread,
> > made some simple changes to posix/current/src/pthread.cxx and
> > posix/current/include/types.h, and can now optionally set the name of a
> > posix thread created using pthread_create.
> >
> > The name is set by assigning a value to pthread_attr.name before calling
> > pthread_create().
>
> As far as i can see, there is nothing in the POSIX pthread standard
> like this.
Yes - I don't think there is even a concept of a thread name, so certainly no mechanism to set one.
>
> Even if there was, i doubt it would be done by directly modifying the
> pthread_attr structure. I would expect the POSIX people to add two new
> functions, pthread_attr_setname() and pthread_attr_getname().
Yes, that would be more in line with the general posix threads approach.
>
> I think adding arbitry extensions like this to a standardized API is a
> bad idea. So im tempted to not accept this contribution. Feel free to
> try to change my mind.
My intent was to provide a mechanism to set the name before the thread was created,
in the same way that some other attributes are set. I don't know if the contents of
pthread_attr_t are completely specified, or just the interface functions (my Posix references are
a bit thin on the ground here). That would be my only grounds for requesting an inclusion (thin as they are)
Thanks for looking at it anyway...
>
> Andrew
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