[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/linux: truncate thread name

[David Marchand]

pthread_setname_np refuses names larger than 16 bytes (\0 included).
Rather than return an error, truncate the name to this limit in the
rte_thread_setname helper.

Caught with ixgbe which creates control thread with name
"ixgbe-link-handler":

Configuring Port 0 (socket 0)
EAL: Cannot set name for ctrl thread
...
EAL: Cannot set name for ctrl thread

Port 0: link state change event
...
EAL: Cannot set name for ctrl thread

Port 0: link state change event

Note: before this change, the thread would keep its original name, which
meant in my test for the ixgbe handler either "dpdk-testpmd" or
"eal-intr-thread".

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_thread.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_thread.c
index 48a2c1124b..068de25595 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_thread.c
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name)
 	int ret = ENOSYS;
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ)
 #if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 12)
-	ret = pthread_setname_np(id, name);
+	char truncated[16];
+
+	strlcpy(truncated, name, sizeof(truncated));
+	ret = pthread_setname_np(id, truncated);
 #endif
 #endif
 	RTE_SET_USED(id);
-- 
2.23.0