procfs: allow threads to rename siblings via /proc/pid/tasks/tid/comm

Setting a thread's comm to be something unique is a very useful ability
and is helpful for debugging complicated threaded applications.  However
currently the only way to set a thread name is for the thread to name
itself via the PR_SET_NAME prctl.

However, there may be situations where it would be advantageous for a
thread dispatcher to be naming the threads its managing, rather then
having the threads self-describe themselves.  This sort of behavior is
available on other systems via the pthread_setname_np() interface.

This patch exports a task's comm via proc/pid/comm and
proc/pid/task/tid/comm interfaces, and allows thread siblings to write to
these values.

[[email protected]: cleanups]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Fulton <[email protected]>
Cc: Sean Foley <[email protected]>
Cc: Darren Hart <[email protected]>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

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