Modified the descriptions of several threads

HISTORY

@@ -8365,3 +8365,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   and it may be made 'protected' in a future version, since it doesn't work with
   TrueColor OSDs. Plugin authors may want to modify their code so that it
   works without this function.
+- Modified the descriptions of several threads, so that the important information
+  (like device or frontend numbers) is within the first 15 characters of the
+  string, because only these are displayed in thread listings. Plugin authors may
+  want to do the same.

device.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: device.c 3.17 2015/01/12 14:38:23 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: device.c 3.18 2015/01/14 11:06:13 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "device.h"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ cDevice::cDevice(void)
   cardIndex = nextCardIndex++;
   dsyslog("new device number %d", CardIndex() + 1);
 
-  SetDescription("receiver on device %d", CardIndex() + 1);
+  SetDescription("device %d receiver", CardIndex() + 1);
 
   mute = false;
   volume = Setup.CurrentVolume;
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ void cDevice::DetachAllReceivers(void)
 
 cTSBuffer::cTSBuffer(int File, int Size, int CardIndex)
 {
-  SetDescription("TS buffer on device %d", CardIndex);
+  SetDescription("device %d TS buffer", CardIndex);
   f = File;
   cardIndex = CardIndex;
   delivered = false;

dvbci.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbci.c 1.1 2007/01/07 14:38:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbci.c 3.1 2015/01/14 11:13:49 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbci.h"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 cDvbCiAdapter::cDvbCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd)
 {
   device = Device;
-  SetDescription("CI adapter on device %d", device->DeviceNumber());
+  SetDescription("device %d CI adapter", device->DeviceNumber());
   fd = Fd;
   ca_caps_t Caps;
   if (ioctl(fd, CA_GET_CAP, &Caps) == 0) {

dvbdevice.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbdevice.c 3.12 2015/01/12 11:24:51 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbdevice.c 3.13 2015/01/14 11:06:42 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbdevice.h"
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ cDvbTuner::cDvbTuner(const cDvbDevice *Device, int Fd_Frontend, int Adapter, int
   tunerStatus = tsIdle;
   bondedTuner = NULL;
   bondedMaster = false;
-  SetDescription("tuner on frontend %d/%d", adapter, frontend);
+  SetDescription("frontend %d/%d tuner", adapter, frontend);
   Start();
 }
 

dvbsubtitle.c

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Original author: Marco Schluessler <marco@lordzodiac.de>
  * With some input from the "subtitles plugin" by Pekka Virtanen <pekka.virtanen@sci.fi>
  *
- * $Id: dvbsubtitle.c 3.8 2015/01/14 10:30:50 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbsubtitle.c 3.9 2015/01/14 11:31:09 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbsubtitle.h"
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ void cDvbSubtitleBitmaps::DbgDump(int WindowWidth, int WindowHeight)
 int cDvbSubtitleConverter::setupLevel = 0;
 
 cDvbSubtitleConverter::cDvbSubtitleConverter(void)
-:cThread("subtitleConverter")
+:cThread("subtitle converter")
 {
   dvbSubtitleAssembler = new cDvbSubtitleAssembler;
   osd = NULL;

sections.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: sections.c 2.2 2012/10/04 12:21:59 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: sections.c 3.1 2015/01/14 11:35:53 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "sections.h"
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ public:
 // --- cSectionHandler -------------------------------------------------------
 
 cSectionHandler::cSectionHandler(cDevice *Device)
-:cThread("section handler", true)
+:cThread(NULL, true)
 {
   shp = new cSectionHandlerPrivate;
   device = Device;
+  SetDescription("device %d section handler", device->CardIndex() + 1);
   statusCount = 0;
   on = false;
   waitForLock = false;

thread.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.h 3.1 2013/04/11 08:47:31 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.h 3.2 2015/01/14 11:39:55 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __THREAD_H
@@ -110,12 +110,16 @@ public:
   cThread(const char *Description = NULL, bool LowPriority = false);
        ///< Creates a new thread.
        ///< If Description is present, a log file entry will be made when
-       ///< the thread starts and stops. The Start() function must be called
-       ///< to actually start the thread.
+       ///< the thread starts and stops (see SetDescription()).
+       ///< The Start() function must be called to actually start the thread.
        ///< LowPriority can be set to true to make this thread run at a lower
        ///< priority.
   virtual ~cThread();
   void SetDescription(const char *Description, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+       ///< Sets the description of this thread, which will be used when logging
+       ///< starting or stopping of the thread. Make sure any important information
+       ///< is within the first 15 characters of Description, because only these
+       ///< may be displayed in thread listings (like 'htop', for instance).
   bool Start(void);
        ///< Actually starts the thread.
        ///< If the thread is already running, nothing happens.