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e4a83b01 | 23 | .TH PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP 3 2013-02-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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24 | .SH NAME |
25 | pthread_setname_np, pthread_getname_np \- set/get the name of a thread | |
26 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
27 | .nf | |
28 | .BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" | |
29 | .B #include <pthread.h> | |
30 | .BI "int pthread_setname_np(pthread_t *" thread ", const char *" name "); | |
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31 | .BI "int pthread_getname_np(pthread_t *" thread , |
32 | .BI " const char *" name ", size_t " len ); | |
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33 | .fi |
34 | .sp | |
35 | Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP. | |
36 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
37 | By default, all the threads created using | |
e4a83b01 | 38 | .BR pthread_create () |
5df98ea9 | 39 | inherit the program name. |
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40 | The |
41 | .BR pthread_setname_np () | |
42 | fuction can be used to set a unique name for a thread, | |
43 | which can be useful for debugging | |
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44 | multi-threaded applications. |
45 | The thread name is a meaningful C language string, whose length is | |
ba95a530 | 46 | restricted to 16 characters, including the terminating null byte. |
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47 | The |
48 | .I thread | |
49 | argument specifies the thread whose name is to be changed; | |
50 | .I name | |
51 | specifies the new name. | |
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52 | |
53 | The | |
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54 | .BR pthread_getname_np () |
55 | function can be used to retrieve the name of the thread. | |
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56 | The |
57 | .I thread | |
58 | argument specifies the thread whose name is to be retriecved. | |
59 | The buffer | |
60 | .I name | |
61 | is used to return the thread name; | |
62 | .I len | |
63 | specifies the number of bytes available in | |
64 | .IR name . | |
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65 | The buffer specified by |
66 | .I name | |
6350e974 | 67 | should be at least 16 characters in length. |
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68 | The returned thread name in the output buffer will be null terminated. |
69 | .SH RETURN VALUE | |
70 | On success, these functions return 0; | |
71 | on error, they return a nonzero error number. | |
72 | .SH ERRORS | |
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73 | The |
74 | .BR pthread_setname_np () | |
75 | function can fail with the following errors: | |
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76 | .TP |
77 | .B ERANGE | |
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78 | The length of the string specified pointed to by |
79 | .I name | |
80 | exceeds the allowed limit. | |
81 | .PP | |
82 | If either of these functions fails to open | |
83 | .IR /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm , | |
84 | then the call may fail with one of the errors described in | |
85 | .BR open (2). | |
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86 | .SH VERSIONS |
87 | These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.12. | |
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88 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
89 | These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions. | |
5df98ea9 | 90 | .SH NOTES |
e4a83b01 | 91 | .BR pthread_setname_np () |
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92 | internally writes to the thread specific comm file under |
93 | .IR /proc | |
94 | filesystem: | |
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95 | .IR /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm . |
96 | .BR pthread_getname_np () | |
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97 | retreives it from the same location. |
98 | ||
99 | .SH EXAMPLE | |
100 | .PP | |
101 | The program below demonstrates the use of | |
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102 | .BR pthread_setname_np () |
103 | and | |
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104 | .BR pthread_getname_np (). |
105 | ||
106 | The following shell session shows a sample run of the program: | |
107 | .in +4n | |
108 | .nf | |
109 | ||
e4a83b01 | 110 | .RB "$" " ./a.out" |
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111 | Created a thread. Default name is: a.out |
112 | The thread name after setting it is THREADFOO. | |
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113 | \fB^Z\fP # Suspend the program |
114 | [1]+ Stopped ./a.out | |
115 | .RB "$ " "ps H -C a.out -o 'pid tid cmd comm'" | |
116 | PID TID CMD COMMAND | |
117 | 5990 5990 ./a.out a.out | |
118 | 5990 5991 ./a.out THREADFOO | |
119 | .RB "$ " "cat /proc/5990/task/5990/comm" | |
120 | a.out | |
121 | .RB "$ " "cat /proc/5990/task/5991/comm" | |
122 | THREADFOO | |
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123 | .fi |
124 | .in | |
125 | ||
126 | .SS Program source | |
127 | \& | |
128 | .nf | |
129 | #define _GNU_SOURCE | |
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130 | #include <pthread.h> |
131 | #include <stdio.h> | |
132 | #include <string.h> | |
133 | #include <unistd.h> | |
134 | #include <errno.h> | |
135 | #include <stdlib.h> | |
136 | ||
137 | #define NAMELEN 16 | |
138 | ||
139 | #define errExitEN(en, msg) \\ | |
b615a97e | 140 | do { errno = en; perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); \\ |
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141 | } while (0) |
142 | ||
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143 | static void * |
144 | threadfunc(void *parm) | |
5df98ea9 | 145 | { |
b615a97e | 146 | sleep(5); // allow main program to set the thread name |
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147 | return NULL; |
148 | } | |
149 | ||
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150 | int |
151 | main(int argc, char **argv) | |
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152 | { |
153 | pthread_t thread; | |
154 | int rc; | |
155 | char thread_name[NAMELEN]; | |
156 | ||
157 | rc = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, threadfunc, NULL); | |
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158 | if (rc != 0) |
159 | errExitEN(rc, "pthread_create"); | |
e4a83b01 | 160 | |
5df98ea9 | 161 | rc = pthread_getname_np(thread, thread_name, NAMELEN); |
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162 | if (rc != 0) |
163 | errExitEN(rc, "pthread_getname_np"); | |
91e38d87 | 164 | |
b615a97e | 165 | printf("Created a thread. Default name is: %s\\n", thread_name); |
e49d4430 | 166 | rc = pthread_setname_np(thread, (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : "THREADFOO"); |
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167 | if (rc != 0) |
168 | errExitEN(rc, "pthread_setname_np"); | |
e4a83b01 | 169 | |
5df98ea9 | 170 | sleep(2); |
b615a97e | 171 | |
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172 | rc = pthread_getname_np(thread, thread_name, |
173 | (argc > 2) ? atoi(argv[1]) : NAMELEN); | |
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174 | if (rc != 0) |
175 | errExitEN(rc, "pthread_getname_np"); | |
5df98ea9 | 176 | printf("The thread name after setting it is %s.\\n", thread_name); |
b615a97e | 177 | |
5df98ea9 | 178 | rc = pthread_join(thread, NULL); |
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179 | if (rc != 0) |
180 | errExitEN(rc, "pthread_join"); | |
181 | ||
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182 | printf("Done\\n"); |
183 | exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); | |
184 | } | |
185 | .fi | |
186 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
187 | .ad l | |
188 | .nh | |
189 | .BR prctl (2), | |
190 | .BR pthread_create (3), | |
191 | .BR pthreads (7) |