proof of concept server implementation

ixwebsocket/linux/IXSetThreadName_linux.cpp

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+/*
+ *  IXSetThreadName_linux.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+#include "../IXSetThreadName.h"
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    void setThreadName(const std::string& name)
+    {
+        //
+        // Linux only reserves 16 bytes for its thread names
+        // See prctl and PR_SET_NAME property in
+        // http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/prctl.2.html
+        //
+        pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(),
+                           name.substr(0, 15).c_str());
+    }
+}