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| -rw-r--r-- | trace2/tr2_tls.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tls.h b/trace2/tr2_tls.h index d4e725f430..3ac4380d82 100644 --- a/trace2/tr2_tls.h +++ b/trace2/tr2_tls.h @@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx { /* * Create thread-local storage for the current thread. * - * We assume the first thread is "main". Other threads are given - * non-zero thread-ids to help distinguish messages from concurrent - * threads. - * - * Truncate the thread name if necessary to help with column alignment - * in printf-style messages. + * The first thread in the process will have: + * { .thread_id=0, .thread_name="main" } + * Subsequent threads are given a non-zero thread_id and a thread_name + * constructed from the id and a thread base name (which is usually just + * the name of the thread-proc function). For example: + * { .thread_id=10, .thread_name="th10:fsm-listen" } + * This helps to identify and distinguish messages from concurrent threads. + * The ctx.thread_name field is truncated if necessary to help with column + * alignment in printf-style messages. * * In this and all following functions the term "self" refers to the * current thread. |