On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:56 AM, ziaudeen <Ziaudeen.Abdulrazak@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Bert, > As the pthread_create or any other pthread functionality API is not > available to set a name to the thread, so I have tried with the prctl() with > PR_SET_NAME. I am able to set the name for the thread.successfully, since it > is considered as LWP(light weight process), it is individually setting the > name for the thread. I have checked this by using prctl() -PR_GET_NAME > getting the name back from each thread and print it, I will be able to see > the individual thread name, what I have change it. So now the problem is I > am unable to see the LWP process name through PS command, even though the > name is present for each thread. So I would like to know whether any other > command present to see the pthread names. Ok, I was wrong, the name you can set with prctl is indeed a per-thread attribute. you can see this either in the stat file from the /proc filesystem (inside parentheses) or with ps and the comm format, not the args format, and the same with top, where you switch this with 'c'. Bert > > > > Regards > Ziaudeen > > Bert Wesarg wrote: > Sorry, forgot the ML as CC. I put the ML back on the CC. > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:49 PM, ziaudeen <Ziaudeen.Abdulrazak@xxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi Bert, > > It is the name which I set using the prctl function prctl(PR_SET_NAME,<null > terminated string.,0,0,0). It is successfully setting the name for the > thread. But I don't know how to see the changed thread name using the > command > like ps -eLf or ps H. > > as the named suggest, prctl(2) is to control a process's attributes. > The name is a attribute to the whole process, and can not be set > individual per thread. > > > > > > Do you suggest something for me to try to see the changed name of each > thread? > > > > No, because I think you can not set the name for each thread, at most > for the process. > > Anyway, I'm a little confused, in your first mail, you asked how to > set the name for a thread created with pthread_create(3), and now you > ask how you can see the changed name of a thread! > > Bert > > > > Regards > Ziaudeen > > > > > Bert Wesarg wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM, ziaudeen <Ziaudeen.Abdulrazak@xxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > While creating a pthread using the pthread_create function, Is there any > ways to change/give the name of the thread to our custom names? > > About what name do you talking, the name of the binary, which is shown > in ps/top/...? > > If its some internal name, posix threads have no such thing. > > Bert > > > > Please help me, I am a new bee to linux programming > > Regards > Ziaudeen > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
