"ping" and "pong" (in particular "ping") are common names. If a selftests causes a kernel BUG_ON or any kind of backtrace the process name is displayed. Setting a more unique name avoids confusion as to which process caused the problem.
Signed-off-by: Cyril Bur <cyril...@gmail.com> --- tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c index e6a0fad2bfd0..bcfa8add5748 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void test_fp_vec(int fp, int vec, pthread_attr_t *attr) rc = pthread_create(&t0, attr, ping, (void *) &flags); if (rc) pr_err(rc, "pthread_create()"); - rc = pthread_setname_np(t0, "ping"); + rc = pthread_setname_np(t0, "tm-unavailable-ping"); if (rc) pr_warn(rc, "pthread_setname_np"); rc = pthread_join(t0, &ret_value); @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) pr_err(rc, "pthread_create()"); /* Name it for systemtap convenience */ - rc = pthread_setname_np(t1, "pong"); + rc = pthread_setname_np(t1, "tm-unavailable-pong"); if (rc) pr_warn(rc, "pthread_create()"); -- 2.16.2