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inputthread: On Linux leave the main thread's name as-is

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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@who-t.net>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
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Peter Hutterer 2016-10-26 12:21:16 +02:00
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commit 5cb3283386
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@ -431,11 +431,13 @@ InputThreadPreInit(void)
}
hotplugPipeWrite = hotplugPipe[1];
#ifndef __linux__ /* Linux does not deal well with renaming the main thread */
#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
#endif
}