From edcad09dee6daf119f3e29b0a63837500e7b8b85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sapier <Sapier at GMX dot net>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 15:27:33 +0200
Subject: Add support for named threads (atm linux only)

---
 src/porting.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/porting.h')

diff --git a/src/porting.h b/src/porting.h
index c03ae40aa..5739b6876 100644
--- a/src/porting.h
+++ b/src/porting.h
@@ -266,6 +266,26 @@ inline u32 getTime(TimePrecision prec)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#if (defined(linux) || defined(__linux))
+
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+inline void setThreadName(const char* name) {
+	prctl(PR_SET_NAME,name);
+}
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
+/* BSD doesn't seem to support thread names. If you know about a way 
+ * to add this feature please create a pull request.
+ * "setproctitle" doesn't work for threadnames.
+ */
+#define setThreadName(a)
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+// threadnames are not supported on windows
+#define setThreadName(a)
+#else
+#warning "Unknown platform for setThreadName support, you wont have threadname support."
+#define setThreadName(a)
+#endif
 
 } // namespace porting
 
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