[PATCH xserver] inputthread: leave the main thread's name as-is

[Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia]

Shouldn't glibc be fixed instead?  Why punish the platforms that do it right?

--Jeremy

> On Oct 17, 2016, at 21:13, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:
> 
> On Linux, setting the main thread's name changes the program name
> (/proc/self/comm). Setting it to MainThread breaks scripts that rely on
> the command name, e.g. ps -C Xorg.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> ---
> os/inputthread.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/os/inputthread.c b/os/inputthread.c
> index 4980502..65247b4 100644
> --- a/os/inputthread.c
> +++ b/os/inputthread.c
> @@ -433,12 +433,6 @@ InputThreadPreInit(void)
>     }
>     hotplugPipeWrite = hotplugPipe[1];
> 
> -#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_WITH_TID)
> -    pthread_setname_np (pthread_self(), "MainThread");
> -#elif defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP_WITHOUT_TID)
> -    pthread_setname_np ("MainThread");
> -#endif
> -
> }
> 
> /**
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

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