6 files changed, 27 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.cc
index 1246b382d5..006e3ddd2f 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.cc
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ static poll_args* get_poller_locked(struct pollfd* fds, nfds_t count) {
   gpr_thd_options opt = gpr_thd_options_default();
   gpr_ref(&g_cvfds.pollcount);
   gpr_thd_options_set_detached(&opt);
-  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_thd_new(&t_id, &run_poll, pargs, &opt));
+  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_thd_new(&t_id, "grpc_poller", &run_poll, pargs, &opt));
   return pargs;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/executor.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/executor.cc
index d9b0c1daf0..b45223ce16 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/executor.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/executor.cc
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ void grpc_executor_set_threading(bool threading) {
 
     gpr_thd_options opt = gpr_thd_options_default();
     gpr_thd_options_set_joinable(&opt);
-    gpr_thd_new(&g_thread_state[0].id, executor_thread, &g_thread_state[0],
-                &opt);
+    gpr_thd_new(&g_thread_state[0].id, "grpc_executor", executor_thread,
+                &g_thread_state[0], &opt);
   } else {
     if (cur_threads == 0) return;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < g_max_threads; i++) {
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ static void executor_push(grpc_closure* closure, grpc_error* error,
 
         gpr_thd_options opt = gpr_thd_options_default();
         gpr_thd_options_set_joinable(&opt);
-        gpr_thd_new(&g_thread_state[cur_thread_count].id, executor_thread,
-                    &g_thread_state[cur_thread_count], &opt);
+        gpr_thd_new(&g_thread_state[cur_thread_count].id, "gpr_executor",
+                    executor_thread, &g_thread_state[cur_thread_count], &opt);
       }
       gpr_spinlock_unlock(&g_adding_thread_lock);
     }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer_manager.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer_manager.cc
index e11e9156c3..8ca6a3c23e 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer_manager.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/timer_manager.cc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void start_timer_thread_and_unlock(void) {
   // to leak through g_completed_threads and be freed in gc_completed_threads()
   // before "&ct->t" is written to, causing a use-after-free.
   gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
-  gpr_thd_new(&ct->t, timer_thread, ct, &opt);
+  gpr_thd_new(&ct->t, "grpc_global_timer", timer_thread, ct, &opt);
   gpr_mu_unlock(&g_mu);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc b/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc
index 3ec6280e6b..87dd4ab120 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ void gpr_timers_set_log_filename(const char* filename) {
 static void init_output() {
   gpr_thd_options options = gpr_thd_options_default();
   gpr_thd_options_set_joinable(&options);
-  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_thd_new(&g_writing_thread, writing_thread, NULL, &options));
+  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_thd_new(&g_writing_thread, "timer_output_thread",
+                         writing_thread, NULL, &options));
   atexit(finish_writing);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/support/thd_posix.cc b/src/core/lib/support/thd_posix.cc
index c2a4f4198f..f0ed48dbfc 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/support/thd_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/support/thd_posix.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static int g_awaiting_threads;
 struct thd_arg {
   void (*body)(void* arg); /* body of a thread */
   void* arg;               /* argument to a thread */
+  const char* name;        /* name of thread. Can be nullptr. */
 };
 
 static void inc_thd_count();
@@ -50,12 +51,26 @@ static void dec_thd_count();
 static void* thread_body(void* v) {
   struct thd_arg a = *(struct thd_arg*)v;
   free(v);
+  if (a.name != nullptr) {
+#if GPR_APPLE_PTHREAD_NAME
+    /* Apple supports 64 characters, and will truncate if it's longer. */
+    pthread_setname_np(a.name);
+#elif GPR_LINUX_PTHREAD_NAME
+    /* Linux supports 16 characters max, and will error if it's longer. */
+    char buf[16];
+    size_t buf_len = GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - 1;
+    strncpy(buf, a.name, buf_len);
+    buf[buf_len] = '\0';
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), buf);
+#endif  // GPR_APPLE_PTHREAD_NAME
+  }
   (*a.body)(a.arg);
   dec_thd_count();
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-int gpr_thd_new(gpr_thd_id* t, void (*thd_body)(void* arg), void* arg,
+int gpr_thd_new(gpr_thd_id* t, const char* thd_name,
+                void (*thd_body)(void* arg), void* arg,
                 const gpr_thd_options* options) {
   int thread_started;
   pthread_attr_t attr;
@@ -66,6 +81,7 @@ int gpr_thd_new(gpr_thd_id* t, void (*thd_body)(void* arg), void* arg,
   GPR_ASSERT(a != nullptr);
   a->body = thd_body;
   a->arg = arg;
+  a->name = thd_name;
   inc_thd_count();
 
   GPR_ASSERT(pthread_attr_init(&attr) == 0);
diff --git a/src/core/lib/support/thd_windows.cc b/src/core/lib/support/thd_windows.cc
index 0875c2f03e..f920770f32 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/support/thd_windows.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/support/thd_windows.cc
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ static DWORD WINAPI thread_body(void* v) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-int gpr_thd_new(gpr_thd_id* t, void (*thd_body)(void* arg), void* arg,
+int gpr_thd_new(gpr_thd_id* t, const char* thd_name,
+                void (*thd_body)(void* arg), void* arg,
                 const gpr_thd_options* options) {
   HANDLE handle;
   struct thd_info* info = (struct thd_info*)gpr_malloc(sizeof(*info));