09/12/2022 17:48, Stephen Hemminger: > On Fri, 09 Dec 2022 08:53:57 +0100 > Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote: > > > > > If some execution environment doesn't support thread names, it could > > > > return a string that makes it possible for a human to identify the > > > > thread, e.g. the tread id. Again, this is assuming that it is only used > > > > for debugging, trace, and similar. > > > > > > i think this raises a good question. is the purpose of setting a thread > > > name > > > meant to be something we can use from the application or is it something > > > that > > > is for debugging diagnostics and may be a best effort? > > > > I think yes it is only for debugging. > > So best effort looks to be a good approach. > > I'm not sure you need to replace the functions. > > Can you just complete the implementations? > > > Surprisingly, thread names are not preserved in core dumps. > The core dump standard used by Linux does not put thread name in the image. > Since this is a ELF ABI unlikely to be ever be added.
What is missing exactly to have thread name in the core dump?
