linux-sg2042/fs/proc
john stultz 4614a696bd procfs: allow threads to rename siblings via /proc/pid/tasks/tid/comm
Setting a thread's comm to be something unique is a very useful ability
and is helpful for debugging complicated threaded applications.  However
currently the only way to set a thread name is for the thread to name
itself via the PR_SET_NAME prctl.

However, there may be situations where it would be advantageous for a
thread dispatcher to be naming the threads its managing, rather then
having the threads self-describe themselves.  This sort of behavior is
available on other systems via the pthread_setname_np() interface.

This patch exports a task's comm via proc/pid/comm and
proc/pid/task/tid/comm interfaces, and allows thread siblings to write to
these values.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Fulton <fultonm@ca.ibm.com>
Cc: Sean Foley <Sean_Foley@ca.ibm.com>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15 08:53:24 -08:00
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Kconfig proc: move PROC_PAGE_MONITOR to fs/proc/Kconfig 2008-10-10 04:18:57 +04:00
Makefile proc: export statistics for softirq to /proc 2009-06-18 13:03:41 -07:00
array.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-12-05 15:30:49 -08:00
base.c procfs: allow threads to rename siblings via /proc/pid/tasks/tid/comm 2009-12-15 08:53:24 -08:00
cmdline.c proc: switch /proc/cmdline to seq_file 2008-10-23 14:29:04 +04:00
cpuinfo.c proc: move /proc/cpuinfo code to fs/proc/cpuinfo.c 2008-10-23 15:05:11 +04:00
devices.c proc: move /proc/devices code to fs/proc/devices.c 2008-10-23 15:02:18 +04:00
generic.c proc 1/2: do PDE usecounting even for ->read_proc, ->write_proc 2009-03-31 01:14:27 +04:00
inode.c proc 2/2: remove struct proc_dir_entry::owner 2009-03-31 01:14:44 +04:00
internal.h Move junk from proc_fs.h to fs/proc/internal.h 2009-06-11 21:36:01 -04:00
interrupts.c proc: move /proc/interrupts boilerplate code to fs/proc/interrupts.c 2008-10-23 15:15:46 +04:00
kcore.c fs: includecheck fix: proc, kcore.c 2009-10-08 07:36:38 -07:00
kmsg.c proc: move /proc/kmsg creation to fs/proc/kmsg.c 2008-10-23 14:35:08 +04:00
loadavg.c sched, timers: cleanup avenrun users 2009-05-15 15:32:45 +02:00
meminfo.c hwpoison: fix/proc/meminfo alignment 2009-10-29 07:39:25 -07:00
mmu.c fs/proc/mmu.c: headers butchery 2007-10-17 08:42:48 -07:00
nommu.c seq_file: constify seq_operations 2009-09-23 07:39:29 -07:00
page.c pagemap: export KPF_HWPOISON 2009-10-08 07:36:39 -07:00
proc_devtree.c Convert /proc/device-tree/ to seq_file 2009-10-30 17:20:51 +11:00
proc_net.c proc: stop using BKL 2009-01-05 12:27:44 +03:00
proc_sysctl.c sysctl: Don't look at ctl_name and strategy in the generic code 2009-11-11 00:53:43 -08:00
proc_tty.c proc tty: remove struct tty_operations::read_proc 2009-04-01 08:59:10 -07:00
root.c Convert obvious places to deactivate_locked_super() 2009-05-09 10:49:40 -04:00
softirqs.c proc: export statistics for softirq to /proc 2009-06-18 13:03:41 -07:00
stat.c sched, cpuacct: Fix niced guest time accounting 2009-10-25 17:31:30 +01:00
task_mmu.c mm hugetlb: add hugepage support to pagemap 2009-12-15 08:53:24 -08:00
task_nommu.c procfs: use proper units for noMMU statm 2009-12-15 08:53:24 -08:00
uptime.c [PATCH] Fix idle time field in /proc/uptime 2009-09-24 10:16:24 +02:00
version.c proc: switch /proc/version to seq_file 2008-10-23 14:19:58 +04:00
vmcore.c proc: vmcore - use kzalloc in get_new_element() 2009-06-18 13:03:41 -07:00