4 files changed, 80 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index 9594dd81bf..efd35bed55 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@
 #include <shlobj.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
-#include <sys/prctl.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOPT_ARENA_MAX
 #include <malloc.h>
 #endif
@@ -1137,22 +1133,6 @@ void runCommand(const std::string& strCommand)
         LogPrintf("runCommand error: system(%s) returned %d\n", strCommand, nErr);
 }
 
-void RenameThread(const char* name)
-{
-#if defined(PR_SET_NAME)
-    // Only the first 15 characters are used (16 - NUL terminator)
-    ::prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name, 0, 0, 0);
-#elif (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__))
-    pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name);
-
-#elif defined(MAC_OSX)
-    pthread_setname_np(name);
-#else
-    // Prevent warnings for unused parameters...
-    (void)name;
-#endif
-}
-
 void SetupEnvironment()
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOPT_ARENA_MAX
diff --git a/src/util/system.h b/src/util/system.h
index 54eb88e261..1a83cb67b1 100644
--- a/src/util/system.h
+++ b/src/util/system.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <fs.h>
 #include <logging.h>
 #include <sync.h>
+#include <util/threadnames.h>
 #include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <util/memory.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
@@ -325,15 +326,12 @@ std::string HelpMessageOpt(const std::string& option, const std::string& message
  */
 int GetNumCores();
 
-void RenameThread(const char* name);
-
 /**
  * .. and a wrapper that just calls func once
  */
 template <typename Callable> void TraceThread(const char* name,  Callable func)
 {
-    std::string s = strprintf("bitcoin-%s", name);
-    RenameThread(s.c_str());
+    util::ThreadRename(name);
     try
     {
         LogPrintf("%s thread start\n", name);
diff --git a/src/util/threadnames.cpp b/src/util/threadnames.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b0d744aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/threadnames.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#if defined(HAVE_CONFIG_H)
+#include <config/bitcoin-config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <thread>
+
+#include <util/threadnames.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+#include <sys/prctl.h> // For prctl, PR_SET_NAME, PR_GET_NAME
+#endif
+
+//! Set the thread's name at the process level. Does not affect the
+//! internal name.
+static void SetThreadName(const char* name)
+{
+#if defined(PR_SET_NAME)
+    // Only the first 15 characters are used (16 - NUL terminator)
+    ::prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name, 0, 0, 0);
+#elif (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__))
+    pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name);
+#elif defined(MAC_OSX)
+    pthread_setname_np(name);
+#else
+    // Prevent warnings for unused parameters...
+    (void)name;
+#endif
+}
+
+// If we have thread_local, just keep thread ID and name in a thread_local
+// global.
+#if defined(HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL)
+
+static thread_local std::string g_thread_name;
+const std::string& util::ThreadGetInternalName() { return g_thread_name; }
+//! Set the in-memory internal name for this thread. Does not affect the process
+//! name.
+static void SetInternalName(std::string name) { g_thread_name = std::move(name); }
+
+// Without thread_local available, don't handle internal name at all.
+#else
+
+static const std::string empty_string;
+const std::string& util::ThreadGetInternalName() { return empty_string; }
+static void SetInternalName(std::string name) { }
+#endif
+
+void util::ThreadRename(std::string&& name)
+{
+    SetThreadName(("bitcoin-" + name).c_str());
+    SetInternalName(std::move(name));
+}
diff --git a/src/util/threadnames.h b/src/util/threadnames.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aaf07b9bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/threadnames.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_THREADNAMES_H
+#define BITCOIN_UTIL_THREADNAMES_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace util {
+//! Rename a thread both in terms of an internal (in-memory) name as well
+//! as its system thread name.
+void ThreadRename(std::string&&);
+
+//! Get the thread's internal (in-memory) name; used e.g. for identification in
+//! logging.
+const std::string& ThreadGetInternalName();
+
+} // namespace util
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_THREADNAMES_H