Updating thread naming.

Also includes experimental code to adapt the thread name as shown by
top, but it's untested.

src/logging/Manager.cc

@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ WriterBackend* Manager::CreateBackend(WriterFrontend* frontend, bro_int_t type)
 
 	WriterBackend* backend = (*ld->factory)(frontend);
 	assert(backend);
+
+	frontend->ty_name = ld->name;
 	return backend;
 	}
 

src/logging/WriterBackend.cc

@@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ public:
 
 using namespace logging;
 
-WriterBackend::WriterBackend(WriterFrontend* arg_frontend, const string& name) : MsgThread(name)
+WriterBackend::WriterBackend(WriterFrontend* arg_frontend) : MsgThread()
 	{
 	path = "<not set>";
 	num_fields = 0;
 	fields = 0;
 	buffering = true;
 	frontend = arg_frontend;
+
+	SetName(frontend->Name());
 	}
 
 WriterBackend::~WriterBackend()
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ bool WriterBackend::Init(string arg_path, int arg_num_fields, const Field* const
 	num_fields = arg_num_fields;
 	fields = arg_fields;
 
+	SetName(frontend->Name());
+
 	if ( ! DoInit(arg_path, arg_num_fields, arg_fields) )
 		{
 		DisableFrontend();

src/logging/WriterBackend.h

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public:
 	 * @param name A descriptive name for writer's type (e.g., \c Ascii).
 	 *
 	 */
-	WriterBackend(WriterFrontend* frontend, const string& name);
+	WriterBackend(WriterFrontend* frontend);
 
 	/**
 	 * Destructor.

src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ WriterFrontend::WriterFrontend(bro_int_t type)
 	buf = true;
 	write_buffer = 0;
 	write_buffer_pos = 0;
+	ty_name = "<not set>";
 	backend = log_mgr->CreateBackend(this, type);
 
 	assert(backend);
@@ -109,6 +110,14 @@ WriterFrontend::~WriterFrontend()
 	{
 	}
 
+string WriterFrontend::Name() const
+	{
+	if ( path.size() )
+		return ty_name;
+
+	return ty_name + "/" + path;
+	}
+
 void WriterFrontend::Stop()
 	{
 	FlushWriteBuffer();

src/logging/WriterFrontend.h

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ public:
 	 * frontend will internally instantiate a WriterBackend of the
 	 * corresponding type.
 	 *
+	 * name: A descriptive name for the backend wroter type (e.g., \c
+	 * Ascii).
+	 *
 	 * Frontends must only be instantiated by the main thread.
 	 */
 	WriterFrontend(bro_int_t type);
@@ -171,6 +174,14 @@ public:
 	 */
 	int NumFields() const	{ return num_fields; }
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a descriptive name for the writer, including the type of
+	 * the backend and the path used.
+	 *
+	 * This method is safe to call from any thread.
+	 */
+	string Name() const;
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the log fields as passed into the constructor.
 	 */
@@ -184,6 +195,7 @@ protected:
 	bool initialized;	// True if initialized.
 	bool buf;	// True if buffering is enabled (default).
 
+	string ty_name;	// Name of the backend type. Set by the manager.
 	string path;	// The log path.
 	int num_fields;	// The number of log fields.
 	const Field* const*  fields;	// The log fields.

src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 using namespace logging;
 using namespace writer;
 
-Ascii::Ascii(WriterFrontend* frontend) : WriterBackend(frontend, "Ascii")
+Ascii::Ascii(WriterFrontend* frontend) : WriterBackend(frontend)
 	{
 	file = 0;
 

src/logging/writers/None.h

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace logging { namespace writer {
 
 class None : public WriterBackend {
 public:
-	None(WriterFrontend* frontend) : WriterBackend(frontend, "None")	{}
+	None(WriterFrontend* frontend) : WriterBackend(frontend)	{}
 	~None()	{};
 
 	static WriterBackend* Instantiate(WriterFrontend* frontend)