How do I set a name to a Win32 thread. I did'nt find any Win32 API to achieve the same. Basically I want to add the Thread Name in the Log file. Is TLS (Thread Local Storage) the only way to do it?
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Does this help ? How to: Set a Thread Name in Native Code
In managed code, it is as easy as setting the Name property of the corresponding Thread object.
Gishu
2009-05-25 08:36:51
I guess its only for the Visual Studio debugger to display the thread name.
Canopus
2009-05-25 08:39:17
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You can always store this information for yourself in a suitable data structure. Use a hash or a map to map GetThreadId() to this name. Since GetThreadId() is always a unique identifier, this works just fine.
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Of course, if he's creating many threads, that hashmap will slowly fill up and use more and more memory, so some cleanup procedure is probably a good thing as well.
You're absolutely right. When a thread dies, it's corresponding entry in the map should naturally be removed.
Magnus Skog
2009-05-25 09:25:29
Of course, if he's creating many threads, that hashmap will slowly fill up and use more and more memory, so some cleanup procedure is probably a good thing as well.
Lasse V. Karlsen
2009-05-26 21:27:42
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If you want to see the name of your thread in the debugger (windbg or visual studio): http://blogs.msdn.com/stevejs/archive/2005/12/19/505815.aspx
I'm not actually sure if there's a reverse method to get the thread name. But TLS sounds like the way to go.
selbie
2009-05-25 18:21:52