gdb how to get thread name displayed

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There are many threads created in my application. some of the threads name are visible in the gdb while i execute the command 'info threads', others are not displayed. How to get all the thread name itself instead of the hex value like 0xb7fe1424

4 Thread 0xb68ffb70 (LWP 18377)  0xb7fe1424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
* 3 Thread 0xb7291b70 (LWP 18375)  JKMainT (arg=0x0) at mylib.cpp:482
2 Thread 0xb7a92b70 (LWP 18374)  0xb7fe1424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
1 Thread 0xb7a94730 (LWP 18371)  0xb7fe1424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

To add more.. I put break point at mylib.cpp:482, and down the line it creates a thread. — Whoami, Jan 20 '12 at 16:04
That is not the thread name, that is the name of the function which that thread is currently executing. — Dark Falcon, Jan 20 '12 at 16:05

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '14 at 16:11

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If you upgrade to gdb 7.3 or later, "info thread" will show thread names; at least on native (not remote) Linux.

answered Jul 01 '14 at 16:11

Tom Tromey

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '14 at 02:29

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You can set the thread name via non-standard POSIX api calls. GDB (and other debuggers) will display these names.

On Linux

// watch out, 16 char limit on the name
pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "My thread name");

On Mac

pthread_setname_np("My thread name");

answered Dec 29 '14 at 02:29

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Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2369738/can-i-set-the-name-of-a-thread-in-pthreads-linux – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Jul 25 '18 at 10:44

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 20 '12 at 16:37

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Threads don't have names by default - the JKMainT string there is the name of the current function.

Try selecting one of the threads and viewing the backtrace - that might give you a good idea which thread it is. Otherwise, you could try prctl with PR_SET_NAME if it's available.

answered Jan 20 '12 at 16:37

James M

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an easier way to do this is pthread_setname_np(pthread_t *, const char*) – manylegged Dec 29 '14 at 02:24

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 27 '21 at 12:47

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(gdb) info threads - will display all the threads
(gdb) thread will switch to the thread you selected and display the thread name
(gdb) thread - will display current thread name

answered Sep 27 '21 at 12:47

Boopathy Madeshwaran

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