eal: set name to threads

[dpdk.git] / examples / vhost / main.c

diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index 9eac2d0..c081b18 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -2896,6 +2896,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
        uint8_t portid;
        uint16_t queue_id;
        static pthread_t tid;
+       char thread_name[RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
        signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
 
@@ -3018,8 +3019,19 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
        memset(&dev_statistics, 0, sizeof(dev_statistics));
 
        /* Enable stats if the user option is set. */
-       if (enable_stats)
-               pthread_create(&tid, NULL, (void*)print_stats, NULL );
+       if (enable_stats) {
+               ret = pthread_create(&tid, NULL, (void *)print_stats, NULL);
+               if (ret != 0)
+                       rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+                               "Cannot create print-stats thread\n");
+
+               /* Set thread_name for aid in debugging.  */
+               snprintf(thread_name, RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN, "print-stats");
+               ret = pthread_setname_np(tid, thread_name);
+               if (ret != 0)
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_CONFIG,
+                               "Cannot set print-stats name\n");
+       }
 
        /* Launch all data cores. */
        if (zero_copy == 0) {