[PATCH] Add pthread_getname_np, pthread_setname_np

[Yaakov (Cygwin/X)]

On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 10:38 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Feb 23 21:38, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> > This patchset adds pthread_getname_np and pthread_setname_np.  These
> > were added to glibc in 2.12[1] and are also present in some form on
> > NetBSD and several UNIXes.  IIUC recent versions of GDB can benefit from
> > this support.
> 
> Thanks for your patch, but I don't think it's the whole thing.
> 
> Consider, if you implement pthread_[gs]etname_np as you did, then you
> have pthread names which are only available to the process in which
> the threads are running.

My implementation is based on NetBSD's[1].  So what purpose do these
functions serve then on that it and the UNIXes?  (Serious question.)


Yaakov

[1] http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libpthread/pthread.c?rev=1.125