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.\" Copyright 2018 Joyent, Inc.
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.Dd "August 22, 2018"
.Dt THR_GETNAME 3C
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm thr_getname ,
.Nm thr_setname
.Nd get or set the name of a thread
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In thread.h
.
.Ft int
.Fo thr_getname
.Fa "thread_t tid"
.Fa "char *name"
.Fa "size_t len"
.Fc
.
.Ft int
.Fo thr_setname
.Fa "thread_t tid"
.Fa "const char *name"
.Fc
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn thr_getname
and
.Fn thr_setname
functions, respectively, get and set the names of the thread whose id is given
by the
.Fa tid
parameter.
For
.Fn thr_getname ,
.Fa len
indicates the size of
.Fa name .
.Pp
Thread names are limited to
.Dv THREAD_NAME_MAX
including the terminating NUL.
They may only contain printable ASCII characters.
.Pp
To clear a thread name, call
.Fn thr_setname
with
.Sy NULL .
.Pp
Unlike some other systems, threads do not inherit the process name by default.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the
.Fn thr_getname
and
.Fn thr_setname
functions return
.Sy 0 .
Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
If the thread identified by
.Fa tid
does not have a name set,
.Fa thr_getname
will be set to an empty string (length = 0).
.Sh ERRORS
On failure, the contents of the buffer are undefined.
Errors from
.Xr open 2 ,
.Xr read 2 ,
or
.Xr write 2
are possible.
In addition, the
.Fn thr_getname
function will fail with:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Er EINVAL
The
.Fa name
argument is
.Sy NULL .
.It Er ERANGE
The size of
.Fa name
as given by
.Fa len
was not large enough to contain the name of the thread.
.It Er ESRCH
The thread
.Fa tid
was not found.
.El
.Pp
The
.Fn thr_setname
function will fail with:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Er ERANGE
The length of
.Fa name
exceeds the maximum allowed size.
.It Er ESRCH
The thread
.Fa tid
was not found.
.El
.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
.Sy Uncommitted
.Sh MT-LEVEL
.Sy MT-Safe
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pthread_setname_np 3c ,
.Xr thr_create 3c
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