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From: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] pthread_setname_np
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To: Daniel Schnell <daniel.schnell@domain.hid>
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Daniel Schnell wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> this function does not change the name inside /proc/xenomai/stat or
> sched for user space Posix threads. As I understand the other function
> pthread_attr_setname_np() is only valid (and available) for Kernel level
> threads.
>  
> Is there any way that works correctly to name a thread to something
> different than simply the executable name ?

I tested pthread_set_name_np with the "switchtest" program on x86 and
ARM, and it works. Could you run switchtest on your platform and see
if the information in /proc/xenomai/sched is correct ?

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                                                 Gilles Chanteperdrix