Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 2/2] bindings: python: tests: set the process name

On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 11:57, Andy Shevchenko
[off-list ref] wrote:

On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 10:14:13AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

quoted

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <redacted>

When we run the test suite by calling the __main__ function of the module,
the name of the process as visible in the system becomes "python". Let's
set it to "python-gpiod" before running the tests. This way gpiosim will
name its configfs attributes appropriately.

Perhaps you can refer to the [1] to explain why it's needed in Python.
Also it can be done via ctype module [2][3] or via module [4], although
I haven't checked if most used distros pack it.

[1]: https://bugs.python.org/issue5672

Sounds good, thanks. I'll add it as Link:.

[2]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/923034
[3]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31134436

We're already using cpython C extensions so let's not mix multiple
different FFIs.

[4]: https://github.com/dvarrazzo/py-setproctitle

I was aware of this module, just don't want to pull third-party
requirements for python bindings if I don't need to.

Fun fact: the above C extension is a modified version of the code
generated by ChatGPT[1].

Bart

[1] https://imgur.com/a/SuDnyuO