On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 08:27:58PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 11 March 2014 20:03, Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Because we don't want people to start relying on thread naming to > > manage the threads outside qemu. > > Then document that it isn't stable; anybody who relies > on it deserves what they get. > If we put a command line > argument on it then people will still be able to incorrectly > rely on thread naming by using the command line option.
Where would you document this? The idea was that "debug" in name is a hint. > > There also can be existing tools that would break if > > we changed thread names. > > In this case surely we are already stuck with our current > threading model? I would be anyway happy to say "you > relied on undefined and unstable behaviour so tough"... > > On the other hand, a new command line switch really is > user interface which we have to carry around and support > for ever. > > thanks > -- PMM
