Don't throw the thread name setting exception unless a debugger is attached.

base/platform_thread_win.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "base/platform_thread.h"
 
 #include <process.h>
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/win_util.h"
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   ::Sleep(0);
 }
 
 // static
 void PlatformThread::Sleep(int duration_ms) {
   ::Sleep(duration_ms);
 }
 
 // static
 void PlatformThread::SetName(const char* name) {
+  // The debugger needs to be around to catch the name in the exception.  If
+  // there isn't a debugger, we are just needlessly throwing an exception.
+  if (!::IsDebuggerPresent())
+    return;
+
   THREADNAME_INFO info;
   info.dwType = 0x1000;
   info.szName = name;
   info.dwThreadID = CurrentId();
   info.dwFlags = 0;
 
   __try {
     RaiseException(kVCThreadNameException, 0, sizeof(info)/sizeof(DWORD),
                    reinterpret_cast<DWORD_PTR*>(&info));
   } __except(EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION) {
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   DCHECK(thread_handle);
 
   // Wait for the thread to exit.  It should already have terminated but make
   // sure this assumption is valid.
   DWORD result = WaitForSingleObject(thread_handle, INFINITE);
   DCHECK_EQ(WAIT_OBJECT_0, result);
 
   CloseHandle(thread_handle);
 }