Set thread name in MSVC debugger.

src/platform-win32.cc

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   return false;
 }
 
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Win32 thread support.
 
 // Definition of invalid thread handle and id.
 static const HANDLE kNoThread = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 
+static void SetCurrentThreadName(const char* name) {
+  // Reference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xcb2z8hs.aspx
+  //   https://code.google.com/p/chromium/codesearch#chromium/src/base/threading/platform_thread_win.cc
+
+  typedef struct tagTHREADNAME_INFO {
+    DWORD dwType;  // Must be 0x1000.
+    LPCSTR szName;  // Pointer to name (in user addr space).
+    DWORD dwThreadID;  // Thread ID (-1=caller thread).
+    DWORD dwFlags;  // Reserved for future use, must be zero.
+  } THREADNAME_INFO;
+
+  THREADNAME_INFO info;
+  info.dwType = 0x1000;
+  info.szName = name;
+  info.dwThreadID = static_cast<DWORD>(-1);
+  info.dwFlags = 0;
+
+  __try {
+    RaiseException(
+      0x406D1388 /* MSVC EXCEPTION */, 0,
+      sizeof(info)/sizeof(ULONG_PTR), reinterpret_cast<ULONG_PTR*>(&info));
+  }
+  __except(EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION) {}
+}
+
 // Entry point for threads. The supplied argument is a pointer to the thread
 // object. The entry function dispatches to the run method in the thread
 // object. It is important that this function has __stdcall calling
 // convention.
 static unsigned int __stdcall ThreadEntry(void* arg) {
   Thread* thread = reinterpret_cast<Thread*>(arg);
+  SetCurrentThreadName(thread->name());
   thread->NotifyStartedAndRun();
   return 0;
 }
 
 
 class Thread::PlatformData : public Malloced {
  public:
   explicit PlatformData(HANDLE thread) : thread_(thread) {}
   HANDLE thread_;
   unsigned thread_id_;
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   ASSERT(result);
 }
 
 
 
 void Thread::YieldCPU() {
   Sleep(0);
 }
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal