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When I set the name for a Python thread, it doesn't show up on htop or ps. The ps output only shows python as the thread name. Is there any way to set a thread name so that it shows up on system reports like them?
from threading import Thread import time def sleeper(): while True: time.sleep(10) print "sleeping" t = Thread(target=sleeper, name="Sleeper01") t.start() t.join() ps -T -p {PID} output
PID SPID TTY TIME CMD 31420 31420 pts/30 00:00:00 python 31420 31421 pts/30 00:00:00 python 
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You need to assign the thread object to a variable and then start it using that varaible: thread1=threading. Thread(target=f) followed by thread1. start() . Then you can do thread1.
The threading module provided with Python includes a simple-to-implement locking mechanism that allows you to synchronize threads. A new lock is created by calling the Lock() method, which returns the new lock. The acquire(blocking) method of the new lock object is used to force threads to run synchronously.
is_alive() method is an inbuilt method of the Thread class of the threading module in Python. It uses a Thread object, and checks whether that thread is alive or not, ie, it is still running or not. This method returns True before the run() starts until just after the run() method is executed.
Yes, spawning threads from within another thread is OK. Just remember that there exists a main Python thread, that governs the others.
First install the prctl module. (On debian/ubuntu just type sudo apt-get install python-prctl)
from threading import Thread import time import prctl def sleeper(): prctl.set_name("sleeping tiger") while True: time.sleep(10) print "sleeping" t = Thread(target=sleeper, name="Sleeper01") t.start() t.join() This prints
$ ps -T PID SPID TTY TIME CMD 22684 22684 pts/29 00:00:00 bash 23302 23302 pts/29 00:00:00 python 23302 23303 pts/29 00:00:00 sleeping tiger 23304 23304 pts/29 00:00:00 ps Note: python3 users may wish to use pyprctl.
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