Merge pull request #8961 from marcemmers/this-thread

ThisThread get_name()

Author: Cruz Monrreal

rtos/ThisThread.cpp

@@ -138,4 +138,13 @@ osThreadId_t ThisThread::get_id()
     return osThreadGetId();
 }
 
+const char *get_name()
+{
+    osThreadId_t id = osThreadGetId();
+    if (id == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return osThreadGetName(id);
+}
+
 }

rtos/ThisThread.h

@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ void yield();
 */
 osThreadId_t get_id();
 
+/** Get the thread name of the current running thread.
+  @return  thread name pointer or NULL if thread has no name or in case of error.
+  @note You cannot call this function from ISR context.
+*/
+const char *get_name();
+
 };
 /** @}*/
 /** @}*/