[utils] Simplify setproctitle

11 years ago · 6eefe53329
parent 1986025d2b
commit 6eefe53329
1 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@ -1126,11 +1126,11 @@ def setproctitle(title):
        libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
    except OSError:
        return
-    title = title
+    title_bytes = title.encode('utf-8')
-    buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title) + 1)
+    buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title_bytes))
-    buf.value = title.encode('utf-8')
+    buf.value = title_bytes
    try:
-        libc.prctl(15, ctypes.byref(buf), 0, 0, 0)
+        libc.prctl(15, buf, 0, 0, 0)
    except AttributeError:
        return  # Strange libc, just skip this