On 11 March 2014 20:03, Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > Because we don't want people to start relying on thread naming to > manage the threads outside qemu.
Then document that it isn't stable; anybody who relies on it deserves what they get. If we put a command line argument on it then people will still be able to incorrectly rely on thread naming by using the command line option. > There also can be existing tools that would break if > we changed thread names. In this case surely we are already stuck with our current threading model? I would be anyway happy to say "you relied on undefined and unstable behaviour so tough"... On the other hand, a new command line switch really is user interface which we have to carry around and support for ever. thanks -- PMM