Template Class ThreadNameUpdatingNodelet

• Defined in File thread_name_updating_nodelet.hpp

Inheritance Relationships

Base Type

• public nodelet::Nodelet

Derived Type

• public cras::NodeletBase<::nodelet::Nodelet > (Template Class NodeletBase)

Class Documentation

template<typename NodeletType = ::nodelet::Nodelet>
class ThreadNameUpdatingNodelet : public virtual nodelet::Nodelet

This mixin allows the nodelet to update the OS name of the thread in which it is currently executing.

Template Parameters:

NodeletType – Type of the base nodelet.

Subclassed by cras::NodeletBase<::nodelet::Nodelet >

Public Functions

~ThreadNameUpdatingNodelet() override

Protected Functions

void updateThreadName() const

Set custom name of the current thread to this nodelet’s name.

Note

The name will be automatically shortened if longer than 15 chars.

Note

You can see the custom names in htop when you enable display of custom thread names in options.

Note

This function doesn’t reset the name back to the original.

Note

You should call this function at the beginning of all your callbacks.

Note

This function is actually pretty fast. It can be called more than 1 million times per second.