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28 .Dt PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP 3
31 .Nm pthread_get_name_np ,
32 .Nm pthread_getname_np ,
33 .Nm pthread_set_name_np ,
34 .Nm pthread_setname_np
35 .Nd set and retrieve the thread name
41 .Fn pthread_get_name_np "pthread_t thread" "char *name" "size_t len"
43 .Fn pthread_getname_np "pthread_t thread" "char *name" "size_t len"
45 .Fn pthread_set_name_np "pthread_t thread" "const char *name"
47 .Fn pthread_setname_np "pthread_t thread" "const char *name"
50 .Fn pthread_set_name_np
52 .Fn pthread_setname_np
53 functions apply a copy of the given
59 .Fn pthread_get_name_np
61 .Fn pthread_getname_np
62 functions retrieve the
67 .Fn pthread_set_name_np
68 was not previously called for
70 the buffer pointed to by
75 .Nm pthread_getname_np
77 .Nm pthread_setname_np
81 No thread could be found in the current process corresponding to that
82 specified by the given thread ID
86 Because of the debugging nature of
87 .Nm pthread_get_name_np
89 .Nm pthread_set_name_np
90 functions, all errors that may
91 appear inside are silently ignored.
96 .Fn pthread_set_name_np
98 .Fn pthread_get_name_np
99 are non-standard extensions.
100 .Fn pthread_setname_np
102 .Fn pthread_getname_np
103 are also non-standard, but are implemented by larger number of operating
104 systems so they are in fact more portable.
106 This manual page was written by
107 .An Alexey Zelkin Aq Mt phantom@FreeBSD.org
109 .An Yuri Pankov Aq Mt yuripv@yuripv.net .