From: Michael Matirko <mmatirko@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:54:09 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: main: change main thread name back to just 'snort3' (#5295)
X-Git-Tag: 3.12.2.0~1
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ce1029d025ccb45e840e4c7612bd43379fe91fef;p=thirdparty%2Fsnort3.git

main: change main thread name back to just 'snort3' (#5295)
---

diff --git a/src/main/thread_config.cc b/src/main/thread_config.cc
index b66feeae5..8ad00a29a 100644
--- a/src/main/thread_config.cc
+++ b/src/main/thread_config.cc
@@ -420,7 +420,9 @@ void ThreadConfig::implement_thread_affinity(SThreadType type, unsigned id)
 
     if (type == STHREAD_TYPE_MAIN)
     {
-        thread_name = "snort3.main";
+        // Keep the main thread's name simply "snort3" since
+        // this is what is expected when attempting to find running Snort processes.
+        thread_name = "snort3";
         thread_name_suffix = "";
     }
     else