#14153: Change worker thread name to something mentioning original process name -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: enolan | Owner: enolan Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Runtime System | Version: 8.2.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): phab:D4001 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>): In [changeset:"d07b8c7ae8bc22a7c36c96cb3fd800aecdde6eac/ghc" d07b8c7/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="d07b8c7ae8bc22a7c36c96cb3fd800aecdde6eac" Include original process name in worker thread name (#14153) Prior to this commit, worker OS thread were renamed to "ghc_worker" when spawned. This was annoying when reading debugging messages that print the process name because it doesn't tell you *which* Haskell program is generating the message. This commit changes it to "original_process_name:w", truncating the original name to fit in the kernel buffer if neccesary. Test Plan: ./validate Reviewers: austin, bgamari, erikd, simonmar Reviewed By: bgamari Subscribers: Phyx, rwbarton, thomie Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D4001 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14153#comment:4> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler