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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2019-10-03 06:08:52 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2019-10-03 06:58:47 +0200
commit07e4bdba3bd46c3a15dedb0a2660453c300643dc (patch)
treef8f640a3962e72252121ebc3652b74b09c53f0bc /src/util/threadnames.h
parentf4a0d27e85754d60804ffa36e415b67c263180b9 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-07e4bdba3bd46c3a15dedb0a2660453c300643dc.tar.xz
Don't rename main thread at process level
Set only the internal name. Fixes #17036 for both `bitcoind` and `bitcoin-qt`.
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diff --git a/src/util/threadnames.h b/src/util/threadnames.h
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@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
namespace util {
//! Rename a thread both in terms of an internal (in-memory) name as well
//! as its system thread name.
+//! @note Do not call this for the main thread, as this will interfere with
+//! UNIX utilities such as top and killall. Use ThreadSetInternalName instead.
void ThreadRename(std::string&&);
+//! Set the internal (in-memory) name of the current thread only.
+void ThreadSetInternalName(std::string&&);
+
//! Get the thread's internal (in-memory) name; used e.g. for identification in
//! logging.
const std::string& ThreadGetInternalName();