[PATCH v2] lib/eal/linux: update lcore-worker name due to high number of cores

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:30:23 +0300
Abdullah Ömer Yamaç <omer.yamac at ceng.metu.edu.tr> wrote:

> In this patch we suggest a new name for lcore-worker.
> In case of more than 99 logical cores, name is truncated
> (length is restricted to 16 characters, including the
> terminating null byte ('\0')) and it makes hard to follow threads.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abdullah Ömer Yamaç <omer.yamac at ceng.metu.edu.tr>
> 
> ---
> Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> ---
>  lib/eal/linux/eal.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/eal/linux/eal.c b/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
> index 46bf52cef0..9a168b7773 100644
> --- a/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
> +++ b/lib/eal/linux/eal.c
> @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
>  
>  		/* Set thread_name for aid in debugging. */
>  		snprintf(thread_name, sizeof(thread_name),
> -			"lcore-worker-%d", i);
> +			"rte-worker-%d", i);
>  		ret = rte_thread_setname(lcore_config[i].thread_id,
>  						thread_name);
>  		if (ret != 0)

BSD should be setting name as well.

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>