RE: [RFC] named thread support

Kris Warkentin
2005-10-06T12:34:27Z

> 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