Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:44:04 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: deischen@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org, glebius@freebsd.org, julian@elischer.org, kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: kernel thread as real threads.. Message-ID: <20060121.234404.95801924.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0601201443570.1773-100000@sea.ntplx.net> References: <43D138C0.9040801@samsco.org> <Pine.GSO.4.43.0601201443570.1773-100000@sea.ntplx.net>
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Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> writes:
: On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Scott Long wrote:
: >
: > Does pthreads allow the programmer to name threads in a user and/or
: > kernel visible way? Is this something that is really all that
: > important?
:
: Only in a non-portable way. See pthread_set_name_np(3).
This 'non-portable' way is in heavy use in at least one user of
FreeBSD's software base.
Warner
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