doc: update http worker thread names #34769

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   rkrux commented at 9:02 am on March 7, 2026: contributor

   After using Threadpool for HTTP server in PR 33689, the previously documented HTTP worker thread names are outdated. This commit makes the corresponding changes to document new names for the HTTP worker threads. Below is the output from the thead list command after attaching lldb to bitcoind.

   0thread [#3](/bitcoin-bitcoin/3/): tid = 0xfe551, 0x00007ff80e3536f6 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__psynch_cvwait + 10, name = 'b-http_pool_0'
   1thread [#4](/bitcoin-bitcoin/4/): tid = 0xfe552, 0x00007ff80e3536f6 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__psynch_cvwait + 10, name = 'b-http_pool_1'
   

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4. in doc/developer-notes.md:675 in f5c75037cc

   671@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ and its `cs_KeyStore` lock for example).
   672 - [ThreadHTTP (`b-http`)](https://doxygen.bitcoincore.org/httpserver_8cpp.html#abb9f6ea8819672bd9a62d3695070709c)
   673   : Libevent thread to listen for RPC and REST connections.
   674 
   675-- [HTTP worker threads(`b-httpworker.x`)](https://doxygen.bitcoincore.org/httpserver_8cpp.html#aa6a7bc27265043bc0193220c5ae3a55f)
   676+- [HTTP pool threads(`b-http_pool_x`)](https://doxygen.bitcoincore.org/httpserver_8cpp.html#a2ad0a49dc9b5e8117c0dee98c24187d8)
   

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   l0rinc commented at 9:15 am on March 7, 2026:

   0- [HTTP worker threads (`b-http_pool_x`)](https://doxygen.bitcoincore.org/httpserver_8cpp.html#a2ad0a49dc9b5e8117c0dee98c24187d8)
   

5. 
   l0rinc commented at 9:25 am on March 7, 2026: contributor

   I think it should stay worker threads, and if we’re touching this, we could fix the b-mapport and b-net entries as well.
6. l0rinc approved
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   rkrux commented at 9:57 am on March 7, 2026: contributor

   and if we’re touching this, we could fix the b-mapport and b-net entries as well.

   Do you mean updating their Doxygen links?

8. doc: update http worker thread names

   After using `Threadpool` for HTTP server in PR 33689, the previously
   documented HTTP worker thread names are outdated. This commit makes
   the corresponding changes to document new names for the HTTP worker
   threads. Below is the output from the `thead list` command after
   attaching `lldb` to `bitcoind`.
   
   ```zsh
   thread #3: tid = 0xfe551, 0x00007ff80e3536f6 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__psynch_cvwait + 10, name = 'b-http_pool_0'
   thread #4: tid = 0xfe552, 0x00007ff80e3536f6 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__psynch_cvwait + 10, name = 'b-http_pool_1'
   ```

   46189fd526
9. rkrux force-pushed on Mar 10, 2026
10. rkrux renamed this:
    doc: update http pool thread names
    doc: update http worker thread names
    on Mar 10, 2026
11. 
    fanquake commented at 1:52 pm on March 10, 2026: member

    cc @furszy
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    l0rinc commented at 1:56 pm on March 10, 2026: contributor

    ACK 46189fd5264580d0320976faf81aa2f45e1a7760
13. in doc/developer-notes.md:675 in 46189fd526

    671@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ and its `cs_KeyStore` lock for example).
    672 - [ThreadHTTP (`b-http`)](https://doxygen.bitcoincore.org/httpserver_8cpp.html#abb9f6ea8819672bd9a62d3695070709c)
    673   : Libevent thread to listen for RPC and REST connections.
    674 
    675-- [HTTP worker threads(`b-httpworker.x`)](https://doxygen.bitcoincore.org/httpserver_8cpp.html#aa6a7bc27265043bc0193220c5ae3a55f)
    676+- [HTTP worker threads (`b-http_pool_x`)](https://doxygen.bitcoincore.org/httpserver_8cpp.html#a2ad0a49dc9b5e8117c0dee98c24187d8)
    

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    hebasto commented at 2:20 pm on March 10, 2026:

    This corresponds with https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/195306c359ff99f9172d1f1690b124269d3a4a0d/src/util/threadpool.h#L114
14. hebasto approved
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    hebasto commented at 2:20 pm on March 10, 2026: member

    ACK 46189fd5264580d0320976faf81aa2f45e1a7760.
16. fanquake added this to the milestone 31.0 on Mar 10, 2026
17. theStack approved
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    theStack commented at 5:54 pm on March 10, 2026: contributor

    ACK 46189fd5264580d0320976faf81aa2f45e1a7760
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    furszy commented at 6:50 pm on March 10, 2026: member

    ACK 46189fd5264580d0320976faf81aa2f45e1a7760
20. sedited approved
21. 
    sedited commented at 8:17 pm on March 10, 2026: contributor

    ACK 46189fd5264580d0320976faf81aa2f45e1a7760
22. sedited merged this on Mar 10, 2026
23. sedited closed this on Mar 10, 2026

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