From: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Markus Armbruster" <armbru@redhat.com>,
"Richard Henderson" <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>,
devel@lists.libvirt.org, qemu-rust@nongnu.org,
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>,
"Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>,
"Christian Schoenebeck" <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>,
"Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>,
"Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>,
"Manos Pitsidianakis" <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>,
"Eduardo Habkost" <eduardo@habkost.net>,
"Pierrick Bouvier" <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Stefan Weil" <sw@weilnetz.de>
Subject: [PULL 14/27] util: add API to fetch the current thread name
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:47:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305174743.3084606-15-berrange@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305174743.3084606-1-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 df841e12e2..51f04d5008 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2856,6 +2856,27 @@ 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 3be495b8e3..bd1c2ad2a5 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:[~2026-03-05 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-05 17:47 [PULL v2 00/27] Misc patches queue Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 01/27] scripts: detect another GPL license boilerplate variant Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 02/27] io: separate freeing of tasks from marking them as complete Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 03/27] io: fix cleanup for TLS I/O source data on cancellation Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 04/27] io: fix cleanup for websock " Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 05/27] docs: simplify DiamondRapids CPU docs Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 06/27] qemu-options: remove extraneous [] around arg values Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 07/27] include: define constant for early constructor priority Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 08/27] monitor: initialize global data from a constructor Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 09/27] system: unconditionally enable thread naming Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 10/27] util: fix race setting thread name on Win32 Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 11/27] util: expose qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 12/27] audio: make jackaudio use qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-07 11:37 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 13/27] util: set the name for the 'main' thread on Windows Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` Daniel P. Berrangé [this message]
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 15/27] util: introduce some API docs for logging APIs Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 16/27] util: avoid repeated prefix on incremental qemu_log calls Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 17/27] util/log: add missing error reporting in qemu_log_trylock_with_err Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 18/27] ui: add proper error reporting for password changes Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 19/27] ui: remove redundant use of error_printf_unless_qmp() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 20/27] monitor: remove redundant error_[v]printf_unless_qmp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 21/27] monitor: refactor error_vprintf() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 22/27] monitor: move error_vprintf back to error-report.c Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 23/27] util: fix interleaving of error & trace output Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 24/27] util: don't skip error prefixes when QMP is active Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 25/27] util: fix interleaving of error prefixes Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 26/27] scripts/checkpatch: Fix MAINTAINERS update warning with --terse Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 27/27] util/oslib-posix: increase memprealloc thread count to 32 Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-06 9:49 ` [PULL v2 00/27] Misc patches queue Peter Maydell
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