eal: set name to threads

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / linuxapp / eal / eal.c

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index e0ad1d7..d70d8f8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
        struct shared_driver *solib = NULL;
        const char *logid;
        char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
+       char thread_name[RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
        if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
                return -1;
@@ -863,6 +864,15 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
                                     eal_thread_loop, NULL);
                if (ret != 0)
                        rte_panic("Cannot create thread\n");
+
+               /* Set thread_name for aid in debugging. */
+               snprintf(thread_name, RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN,
+                       "lcore-slave-%d", i);
+               ret = pthread_setname_np(lcore_config[i].thread_id,
+                                               thread_name);
+               if (ret != 0)
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+                               "Cannot set name for lcore thread\n");
        }
 
        /*