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would you want that for kernel threads? (so 'ps -H' shows it)


M. Warner Losh wrote:

>In message: <415492DE.4070801@elischer.org>
>            Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> writes:
>: I have been considerring adding a td_desc
>: field to threads to be used in teh same way...
>
>Timing Solutions has been using the 'name a thread' feature in libc_r
>for a long time.  We've also implemented thread accounting in libc_r
>(at least primitive cpu time), so we know which thread is running
>amuck.  This has proven invaluable in identifying where to concentrate
>our debugging efforts.
>
>Warner
>  
>