Le 06/11/12 19:50, david.hagood@gmail.com a écrit :
Has any thought been given to allowing a name to be set on a boost::thread, such that (if the underlying implementation supports it) that name would show up in things like top and ps?
In Linux, you can name a thread via the prctl() call and it will show up in top - dandy for debugging which of the bazillion threads in my app has decided to suck up all the CPU.
I don't know if Windows supports such a call, and IMHO it would be acceptable if the call did nothing in such a case.
Ideally, I'd want to see it as a property, something like:
void boost::thread::set_name(std::string name) std::string boost::thread::get_name() const;
Hi, yes this should be useful if there is a portable way to implement it. Please could you create a Trac ticket? I will appreciate a patch that works on linux for you. Best, Vicente