This script can be used within GDB to set thread names by extracting them from
/proc in situations where prctl(PR_SET_NAME, ...) and similar methods are
not being read properly by GDB.
A (recent) version of GDB that was compiled with --with-python.
To install this script, add the following to ~/.gdbinit:
python
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/gdb-thread-names')
from gdb_thread_names import get_thread_names
end
While in GDB, just type
python get_thread_names()
It will print the threads for which it was able to successfully find names.
Subsequent calls to info threads and similar commands will show correct
thread names.