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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_LinuxUtils_h
+#define mozilla_LinuxUtils_h
+
+#if defined(XP_LINUX)
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "nsString.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+
+class LinuxUtils
+{
+public:
+ // Obtain the name of a thread, omitting any numeric suffix added by a
+ // thread pool library (as in, e.g., "Binder_2" or "mozStorage #1").
+ // The empty string is returned on error.
+ //
+ // Note: if this is ever needed on kernels older than 2.6.33 (early 2010),
+ // it will have to parse /proc/<pid>/status instead, because
+ // /proc/<pid>/comm didn't exist before then.
+ static void GetThreadName(pid_t aTid, nsACString& aName);
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // XP_LINUX
+
+#endif