From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>,
"Manos Pitsidianakis" <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>,
"Hanna Reitz" <hreitz@redhat.com>,
"Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Christian Schoenebeck" <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>,
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>,
"Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>,
devel@lists.libvirt.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org,
qemu-rust@nongnu.org, "Stefan Weil" <sw@weilnetz.de>,
"Kevin Wolf" <kwolf@redhat.com>,
"Richard Henderson" <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/24] util: expose qemu_thread_set_name
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:16:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cy3dc1pl.fsf@pond.sub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108170338.2693853-6-berrange@redhat.com> ("Daniel P. Berrangé"'s message of "Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:03:19 +0000")
Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> writes:
> The ability to set the thread name needs to be used in a number
> of places, so expose the current impls as public methods.
>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> ---
> include/qemu/thread.h | 1 +
> util/qemu-thread-posix.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
> util/qemu-thread-win32.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/qemu/thread.h b/include/qemu/thread.h
> index 3a286bb3ef..27b888ab0a 100644
> --- a/include/qemu/thread.h
> +++ b/include/qemu/thread.h
> @@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ void *qemu_thread_join(QemuThread *thread);
> 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);
>
> struct Notifier;
> /**
> diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
> index 7c985b5d38..b1c127dbe3 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
> @@ -329,6 +329,21 @@ static void qemu_thread_atexit_notify(void *arg)
> notifier_list_notify(&thread_exit, NULL);
> }
>
> +void qemu_thread_set_name(const char *name)
> +{
> + /*
> + * Attempt to set the threads name; note that this is for debug, so
> + * we're not going to fail if we can't set it.
> + */
> +# if defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_W_TID)
> + pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), name);
> +# elif defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_WO_TID)
> + pthread_setname_np(name);
> +# elif defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP)
> + pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name);
> +# endif
> +}
> +
> typedef struct {
> void *(*start_routine)(void *);
> void *arg;
> @@ -342,17 +357,8 @@ static void *qemu_thread_start(void *args)
> void *arg = qemu_thread_args->arg;
> void *r;
>
> - /* Attempt to set the threads name; note that this is for debug, so
> - * we're not going to fail if we can't set it.
> - */
> if (qemu_thread_args->name) {
> -# if defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_W_TID)
> - pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), qemu_thread_args->name);
> -# elif defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_WO_TID)
> - pthread_setname_np(qemu_thread_args->name);
> -# elif defined(CONFIG_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP)
> - pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), qemu_thread_args->name);
> -# endif
> + qemu_thread_set_name(qemu_thread_args->name);
> }
> QEMU_TSAN_ANNOTATE_THREAD_NAME(qemu_thread_args->name);
> g_free(qemu_thread_args->name);
qemu_thread_set_name() is factored out. No change in behavior.
> diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
> index 9595a5b090..4d2d663a9a 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
> @@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ struct QemuThreadData {
> void *arg;
> short mode;
> NotifierList exit;
> + char *name;
>
> /* Only used for joinable threads. */
> bool exited;
> @@ -266,6 +267,10 @@ static unsigned __stdcall win32_start_routine(void *arg)
> void *(*start_routine)(void *) = data->start_routine;
> void *thread_arg = data->arg;
>
> + if (data->name) {
> + qemu_thread_set_name(data->name);
> + g_clear_pointer(&data->name, g_free);
> + }
> qemu_thread_data = data;
> qemu_thread_exit(start_routine(thread_arg));
> abort();
> @@ -316,7 +321,7 @@ void *qemu_thread_join(QemuThread *thread)
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static void set_thread_description(HANDLE h, const char *name)
> +void qemu_thread_set_name(const char *name)
> {
> g_autofree wchar_t *namew = NULL;
>
> @@ -329,7 +334,7 @@ static void set_thread_description(HANDLE h, const char *name)
> return;
> }
>
> - SetThreadDescriptionFunc(h, namew);
> + SetThreadDescriptionFunc(GetCurrentThread(), namew);
> }
>
> void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
> @@ -344,6 +349,7 @@ void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
> data->arg = arg;
> data->mode = mode;
> data->exited = false;
> + data->name = g_strdup(name);
> notifier_list_init(&data->exit);
>
> if (data->mode != QEMU_THREAD_DETACHED) {
> @@ -355,9 +361,6 @@ void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
> if (!hThread) {
> error_exit(GetLastError(), __func__);
> }
> - if (name) {
> - set_thread_description(hThread, name);
> - }
> CloseHandle(hThread);
>
> thread->data = data;
This delays setting the thread name until the thread runs. Fine, I
guess, but I'd mention it in the commit message.
The new QemuThreadData member @name is non-null only between thread
creation and thread name setting, unlike the other members under
/* Passed to win32_start_routine. */ Worth a comment? Keep it alive
until the thread dies? Entirely up to you.
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-13 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 17:03 [PATCH v5 00/24] util: sync error_report & qemu_log output more closely Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 01/24] qemu-options: remove extraneous [] around arg values Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 7:47 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 02/24] include: define constant for early constructor priority Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-09 11:39 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-09 11:46 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-09 12:09 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-13 9:04 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-13 9:32 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-14 11:20 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 03/24] monitor: initialize global data from a constructor Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 04/24] system: unconditionally enable thread naming Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 05/24] util: expose qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 9:16 ` Markus Armbruster [this message]
2026-01-13 10:41 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-10 17:13 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-02-11 5:56 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 06/24] audio: make jackaudio use qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 07/24] util: set the name for the 'main' thread Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-09 11:45 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-09 11:52 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-09 12:04 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 08/24] util: add API to fetch the current thread name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-09 11:49 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-09 11:56 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-09 12:11 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-13 9:27 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-13 10:00 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 13:00 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-13 15:49 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-01-14 11:28 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-14 11:27 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 09/24] util: introduce some API docs for logging APIs Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 9:59 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-13 10:49 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 10:52 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 13:04 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 10/24] util: avoid repeated prefix on incremental qemu_log calls Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 10:19 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-13 11:56 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 11/24] ui/vnc: remove use of error_printf_unless_qmp() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 13:11 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-13 14:44 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 12/24] monitor: remove redundant error_[v]printf_unless_qmp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 13/24] monitor: refactor error_vprintf() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 13:17 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-14 11:34 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-14 12:01 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 14/24] monitor: move error_vprintf back to error-report.c Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 13:38 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-14 12:09 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-14 13:13 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 15/24] monitor: introduce monitor_cur_is_hmp() helper Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-13 14:57 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-14 12:46 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 16/24] util: don't skip error prefixes when QMP is active Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-11 22:25 ` Richard Henderson
2026-01-13 15:19 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-14 12:53 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 17/24] util: fix interleaving of error & trace output Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-11 22:28 ` Richard Henderson
2026-01-14 13:00 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 18/24] util: fix interleaving of error prefixes Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-14 14:00 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 19/24] util: introduce common helper for error-report & log code Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 20/24] util: convert error-report & log to message API for timestamp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 21/24] util: add support for formatting a workload name in messages Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 22/24] util: add support for formatting a program " Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-11 22:31 ` Richard Henderson
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 23/24] util: add support for formatting thread info " Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-01-11 22:32 ` Richard Henderson
2026-01-08 17:03 ` [PATCH v5 24/24] util: add brackets around guest name in message context Daniel P. Berrangé
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