Added labelled thread names to help with some debugging activity. Right now,...

src/platform-linux.cc

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   return pthread_equal(data_->thread_, pthread_self());
 }
 
 
 bool ThreadHandle::IsValid() const {
   return data_->thread_ != kNoThread;
 }
 
 
 Thread::Thread() : ThreadHandle(ThreadHandle::INVALID) {
+  set_name("v8:<unknown>");
+}
+
+
+Thread::Thread(const char* name) : ThreadHandle(ThreadHandle::INVALID) {
+  set_name(name);
 }
 
 
 Thread::~Thread() {
 }
 
 
 static void* ThreadEntry(void* arg) {
   Thread* thread = reinterpret_cast<Thread*>(arg);
   // This is also initialized by the first argument to pthread_create() but we
   // don't know which thread will run first (the original thread or the new
   // one) so we initialize it here too.
+  ::prctl(PR_SET_NAME, thread->name(), 0, 0, 0);
   thread->thread_handle_data()->thread_ = pthread_self();
   ASSERT(thread->IsValid());
   thread->Run();
   return NULL;
 }
 
 
+void Thread::set_name(const char* name) {
+  strncpy(name_, name, sizeof(name_));
+  name_[sizeof(name_) - 1] = '\0';
+}
+
+
 void Thread::Start() {
   pthread_create(&thread_handle_data()->thread_, NULL, ThreadEntry, this);
   ASSERT(IsValid());
 }
 
 
 void Thread::Join() {
   pthread_join(thread_handle_data()->thread_, NULL);
 }
 
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   }
 
   // This sampler is no longer the active sampler.
   active_sampler_ = NULL;
 }
 
 
 #endif  // ENABLE_LOGGING_AND_PROFILING
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal