Explain the need for _GNU_SOURCE

[collectd.git] / src / daemon / plugin.c

diff --git a/src/daemon/plugin.c b/src/daemon/plugin.c
index 987f40a..08c5199 100644 (file)
--- a/src/daemon/plugin.c
+++ b/src/daemon/plugin.c
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
  *   Sebastian Harl <sh at tokkee.org>
  **/
 
-#define _GNU_SOURCE 
+/* _GNU_SOURCE is needed in Linux to use pthread_setname_np */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
 #include "collectd.h"
 
 #include "common.h"