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Diffstat (limited to 'src/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/util.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c index ce7f1c9f84..58a0aebad3 100644 --- a/src/util.c +++ b/src/util.c @@ -3263,11 +3263,15 @@ fallback: void rename_process(const char name[8]) { assert(name); - prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name); + /* This is a like a poor man's setproctitle(). It changes the + * comm field, argv[0], and also the glibc's internally used + * name of the process. For the first one a limit of 16 chars + * applies, to the second one usually one of 10 (i.e. length + * of "/sbin/init"), to the third one one of 7 (i.e. length of + * "systemd"). If you pass a longer string it will be + * truncated */ - /* This is a like a poor man's setproctitle(). The string - * passed should fit in 7 chars (i.e. the length of - * "systemd") */ + prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name); if (program_invocation_name) strncpy(program_invocation_name, name, strlen(program_invocation_name)); |