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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:57:31 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Question about absence of pthread_getname_np

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 12:20:09AM -0400, Robert Oliveira wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm simply curious about the absence of a pthread getter method
> (phtread_getname_np) in musl, since it seems the setter method
> (pthread_setname_np) has been around for a while. This only came up because
> of a reference to this method in a NodeJS library that uses some cpp
> bindings (when using an Alpine image for running Node).
> 
> Here's a relevant Github link regarding the matter, for what it's worth:
> https://github.com/RuntimeTools/omr-agentcore/issues/90
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time.

It's come up before, and there were reasons for not doing it, but not
terribly compelling ones. I promised to look at it again this release
cycle and I suspect that'll end with it getting added.

Rich

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