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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/basic/process-util.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/process-util.c b/src/basic/process-util.c index 5a00fca83..cb92bab0f 100644 --- a/src/basic/process-util.c +++ b/src/basic/process-util.c @@ -305,8 +305,10 @@ int rename_process(const char name[]) { l = strlen(name); - /* First step, change the comm field. */ - (void) prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name); + /* First step, change the comm field. The main thread's comm is identical to the process comm. This means we + * can use PR_SET_NAME, which sets the thread name for the calling thread. */ + if (prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name) < 0) + log_debug_errno(errno, "PR_SET_NAME failed: %m"); if (l > 15) /* Linux process names can be 15 chars at max */ truncated = true; |