From: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Manos Pitsidianakis" <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>,
"Stefan Weil" <sw@weilnetz.de>,
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>,
"Pierrick Bouvier" <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>,
devel@lists.libvirt.org,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>,
"Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>,
"Hanna Reitz" <hreitz@redhat.com>,
"Kevin Wolf" <kwolf@redhat.com>,
qemu-block@nongnu.org, qemu-rust@nongnu.org,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Markus Armbruster" <armbru@redhat.com>,
"Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>,
"Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>,
"Christian Schoenebeck" <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>,
"Richard Henderson" <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v6 10/27] util: add API to fetch the current thread name
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:24:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260211152508.732487-11-berrange@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260211152508.732487-1-berrange@redhat.com>
This will be used to include the thread name in error reports
in a later patch. It returns a const string stored in a thread
local to avoid memory allocation when it is called repeatedly
in a single thread. The thread name should be set at the very
start of the thread execution, which is the case when using
qemu_thread_create.
This uses the official thread APIs for fetching thread names,
so that it captures names of threads spawned by code in 3rd
party libraries, not merely QEMU spawned thrads.
This also addresses the gap from the previous patch for setting
the name of the main thread. A constructor is used to initialize
the 'namebuf' thread-local in the main thread only.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
include/qemu/thread.h | 1 +
meson.build | 21 ++++++++++++++++
util/qemu-thread-posix.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
util/qemu-thread-win32.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
4 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/qemu/thread.h b/include/qemu/thread.h
index 27b888ab0a..98cc5c41ac 100644
--- a/include/qemu/thread.h
+++ b/include/qemu/thread.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ void qemu_thread_get_self(QemuThread *thread);
bool qemu_thread_is_self(QemuThread *thread);
G_NORETURN void qemu_thread_exit(void *retval);
void qemu_thread_set_name(const char *name);
+const char *qemu_thread_get_name(void);
struct Notifier;
/**
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9ad16d1998..710aa2ed83 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2845,6 +2845,27 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP', cc.links(osdep_prefix + '''
pthread_set_name_np(thread, "QEMU");
return 0;
}''', dependencies: threads))
+
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_GETNAME_NP', cc.links(osdep_prefix + '''
+ #include <pthread.h>
+
+ int main(void)
+ {
+ char buf[16];
+ pthread_getname_np(pthread_self(), buf, sizeof(buf));
+ return 0;
+ }''', dependencies: threads))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_GET_NAME_NP', cc.links(osdep_prefix + '''
+ #include <pthread.h>
+ #include <pthread_np.h>
+
+ int main(void)
+ {
+ char buf[16];
+ pthread_get_name_np(pthread_self(), buf, sizeof(buf));
+ return 0;
+ }''', dependencies: threads))
+
config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_CONDATTR_SETCLOCK', cc.links(osdep_prefix + '''
#include <pthread.h>
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
index b1c127dbe3..2b180d99ae 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
@@ -18,10 +18,41 @@
#include "qemu/tsan.h"
#include "qemu/bitmap.h"
-#ifdef CONFIG_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP
+#if defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP) || defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_GET_NAME_NP)
#include <pthread_np.h>
#endif
+/*
+ * This is not defined on Linux, but the man page indicates
+ * the buffer must be at least 16 bytes, including the NUL
+ * terminator
+ */
+#ifndef PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP
+#define PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP 16
+#endif
+
+static __thread char namebuf[PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP];
+
+static void __attribute__((__constructor__(QEMU_CONSTRUCTOR_EARLY)))
+qemu_thread_init(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Initialize the main thread name. We must not use
+ * qemu_thread_setname(), since on some platforms (at least Linux)
+ * this can change the process name that is reported by tools like
+ * 'ps'.
+ *
+ * This workaround suffices to ensure QEMU log/error messages
+ * get the main thread name, but at the cost of external tools
+ * like GDB not seeing it.
+ *
+ * NB using a constructor instead of static initializing namebuf,
+ * to ensure it only initializes the thread-local in the main
+ * thread
+ */
+ g_strlcpy(namebuf, "main", sizeof(namebuf));
+}
+
static void error_exit(int err, const char *msg)
{
fprintf(stderr, "qemu: %s: %s\n", msg, strerror(err));
@@ -526,3 +557,23 @@ void *qemu_thread_join(QemuThread *thread)
}
return ret;
}
+
+const char *qemu_thread_get_name(void)
+{
+ int rv;
+ if (namebuf[0] != '\0') {
+ return namebuf;
+ }
+
+# if defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_GETNAME_NP)
+ rv = pthread_getname_np(pthread_self(), namebuf, sizeof(namebuf));
+# elif defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_GET_NAME_NP)
+ rv = pthread_get_name_np(pthread_self(), namebuf, sizeof(namebuf));
+# else
+ rv = -1;
+# endif
+ if (rv != 0) {
+ g_strlcpy(namebuf, "unnamed", G_N_ELEMENTS(namebuf));
+ }
+ return namebuf;
+}
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
index c330d924af..272afc3385 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *pSetThreadDescription) (HANDLE hThread,
PCWSTR lpThreadDescription);
+typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *pGetThreadDescription) (HANDLE hThread,
+ PWSTR *lpThreadDescription);
static pSetThreadDescription SetThreadDescriptionFunc;
+static pGetThreadDescription GetThreadDescriptionFunc;
static HMODULE kernel32_module;
static void __attribute__((__constructor__(QEMU_CONSTRUCTOR_EARLY)))
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ qemu_thread_init(void)
qemu_thread_set_name("main");
}
-static bool load_set_thread_description(void)
+static bool load_thread_description(void)
{
static gsize _init_once = 0;
@@ -38,14 +41,17 @@ static bool load_set_thread_description(void)
SetThreadDescriptionFunc =
(pSetThreadDescription)GetProcAddress(kernel32_module,
"SetThreadDescription");
- if (!SetThreadDescriptionFunc) {
+ GetThreadDescriptionFunc =
+ (pGetThreadDescription)GetProcAddress(kernel32_module,
+ "GetThreadDescription");
+ if (!SetThreadDescriptionFunc || !GetThreadDescriptionFunc) {
FreeLibrary(kernel32_module);
}
}
g_once_init_leave(&_init_once, 1);
}
- return !!SetThreadDescriptionFunc;
+ return (SetThreadDescriptionFunc && GetThreadDescriptionFunc);
}
static void error_exit(int err, const char *msg)
@@ -331,7 +337,7 @@ void qemu_thread_set_name(const char *name)
{
g_autofree wchar_t *namew = NULL;
- if (!load_set_thread_description()) {
+ if (!load_thread_description()) {
return;
}
@@ -415,3 +421,38 @@ bool qemu_thread_is_self(QemuThread *thread)
{
return GetCurrentThreadId() == thread->tid;
}
+
+static __thread char namebuf[64];
+
+const char *qemu_thread_get_name(void)
+{
+ HRESULT hr;
+ wchar_t *namew = NULL;
+ g_autofree char *name = NULL;
+
+ if (namebuf[0] != '\0') {
+ return namebuf;
+ }
+
+ if (!load_thread_description()) {
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ hr = GetThreadDescriptionFunc(GetCurrentThread(), &namew);
+ if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ name = g_utf16_to_utf8(namew, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ LocalFree(namew);
+ if (!name) {
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ g_strlcpy(namebuf, name, G_N_ELEMENTS(namebuf));
+ return namebuf;
+
+ error:
+ g_strlcpy(namebuf, "unnamed", G_N_ELEMENTS(namebuf));
+ return namebuf;
+}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-11 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-11 15:24 [PATCH v6 00/27] util: sync error_report & qemu_log output more closely Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 01/27] meson: don't access 'cxx' object without checking cpp lang Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 02/27] qemu-options: remove extraneous [] around arg values Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 03/27] include: define constant for early constructor priority Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 9:22 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-18 10:46 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 13:23 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 04/27] monitor: initialize global data from a constructor Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 05/27] system: unconditionally enable thread naming Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 06/27] util: fix race setting thread name on Win32 Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 07/27] util: expose qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 08/27] audio: make jackaudio use qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 09/27] util: set the name for the 'main' thread on Windows Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` Daniel P. Berrangé [this message]
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 11/27] util: introduce some API docs for logging APIs Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 9:38 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 12/27] util: avoid repeated prefix on incremental qemu_log calls Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 9:52 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-18 10:45 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 13/27] util/log: add missing error reporting in qemu_log_trylock_with_err Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 10:45 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 14/27] ui: add proper error reporting for password changes Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 12:10 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-25 16:08 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 15/27] ui: remove redundant use of error_printf_unless_qmp() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 12:12 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 16/27] monitor: remove redundant error_[v]printf_unless_qmp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 17/27] monitor: refactor error_vprintf() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:24 ` [PATCH v6 18/27] monitor: move error_vprintf back to error-report.c Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 19/27] util: fix interleaving of error & trace output Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 12:41 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-18 12:45 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 20/27] util: don't skip error prefixes when QMP is active Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 12:47 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 21/27] util: fix interleaving of error prefixes Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 22/27] util: introduce common helper for error-report & log code Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-18 14:04 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-25 16:18 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-25 17:51 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 23/27] util: convert error-report & log to message API for timestamp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 24/27] util: add support for formatting a workload name in messages Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 25/27] util: add support for formatting a program " Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-19 10:08 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-25 16:24 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-26 7:11 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-19 10:23 ` Peter Maydell
2026-02-25 16:38 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-25 17:43 ` Peter Maydell
2026-02-25 17:47 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 26/27] util: add support for formatting thread info " Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-19 10:14 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-25 16:33 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-19 10:29 ` Peter Maydell
2026-02-25 16:30 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-25 17:39 ` Peter Maydell
2026-02-11 15:25 ` [PATCH v6 27/27] util: add brackets around guest name in message context Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-19 10:16 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-02-26 9:51 ` [PATCH v6 00/27] util: sync error_report & qemu_log output more closely Markus Armbruster
2026-02-26 9:58 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
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