From e6e4c66010271c0056c5b841d6f621a97ef20125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahendra <mahendra.g@cisinlabs.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 15:14:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] helper_threading formating

---
 src/helper_threading.py | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/helper_threading.py b/src/helper_threading.py
index 3b7ba378..2f8d2921 100644
--- a/src/helper_threading.py
+++ b/src/helper_threading.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+"""Helper threading perform all the threading operations."""
+
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import threading
 
 try:
     import prctl
-    def set_thread_name(name): prctl.set_name(name)
+
+    def set_thread_name(name):
+        prctl.set_name(name)
 
     def _thread_name_hack(self):
         set_thread_name(self.name)
@@ -12,17 +16,20 @@ try:
     threading.Thread.__bootstrap_original__ = threading.Thread._Thread__bootstrap
     threading.Thread._Thread__bootstrap = _thread_name_hack
 except ImportError:
-    def set_thread_name(name): threading.current_thread().name = name
+    def set_thread_name(name):
+        threading.current_thread().name = name
+
 
 class StoppableThread(object):
     def initStop(self):
         self.stop = threading.Event()
         self._stopped = False
-        
+
     def stopThread(self):
         self._stopped = True
         self.stop.set()
 
+
 class BusyError(threading.ThreadError):
     pass
 

From 5efb4913491155a84895a480e871df04b174edfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahendra <mahendra.g@cisinlabs.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 18:42:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add docstring for set_thread methrod in helper_msgcoding

---
 src/helper_threading.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/helper_threading.py b/src/helper_threading.py
index 2f8d2921..102c2cc0 100644
--- a/src/helper_threading.py
+++ b/src/helper_threading.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ try:
     import prctl
 
     def set_thread_name(name):
+        """Set a name for the thread for python internal use."""
         prctl.set_name(name)
 
     def _thread_name_hack(self):
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ try:
     threading.Thread._Thread__bootstrap = _thread_name_hack
 except ImportError:
     def set_thread_name(name):
+        """Set the thread name for external use (visible from the OS)."""
         threading.current_thread().name = name