Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Perf: bug fix: distinguish between rename and exec | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:45 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2012-02-15 at 09:57 -0700, David Ahern wrote: > > I'm not Acme, but I do care. We use a lot of processes with named > threads that give users an idea about the function of a particular > thread. > But why would they care? If you're debugging its easy enough to see from the backtrace and if you're not, most tools like top/ps don't even show threads (by default).
So who cares what threads are called.
I realize I'm not going to convince anybody, but I genuinely don't see the point of naming threads.
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