[RFC] named thread support

[Kris Warkentin]

> On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 12:40:22PM -0400, 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.
> 
> So by named thread support, you mean that the application can register
> the name of the thread with the kernel?  And you want GDB to 
> be able to set thread names?

Exactly.  When I implemented the reading of the names from the target it
occurred to me that I could set names as well.  It's not a super useful or
high priority item but it's easy and fun so I thought I'd do it anyway. ;-)

> I recommend doing this in your backend, since I don't know any other
> gdb-supported system with a similar feature.

No problem.

cheers,

Kris