thread_utils.h

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/*
 * Copyright 2014 Vladimir Ermakov.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
 * for more details.
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 */

#pragma once

#include <thread>
#include <cstdio>
#include <sstream>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <pthread.h>

namespace mavutils {

inline bool set_thread_name(std::thread &thd, const char *name, ...)
{
        pthread_t pth = thd.native_handle();
        va_list arg_list;
        va_start(arg_list, name);

        char new_name[256];
        vsnprintf(new_name, sizeof(new_name), name, arg_list);
        va_end(arg_list);
        return pthread_setname_np(pth, new_name) == 0;
}

template <typename Thread>
inline bool set_thread_name(Thread &thd, std::string &name)
{
        return set_thread_name(thd, name.c_str());
};

template <typename T>
inline const char *to_string_cs(T &obj)
{
        std::ostringstream ss;
        ss << obj;
        return ss.str().c_str();
}

}; // namespace mavutils