sysdeps/unix/nice.c

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  18
  19 #include <errno.h>
  20 #include <unistd.h>
  21 #include <sys/resource.h>
  22
  23 /* Increment the scheduling priority of the calling process by INCR.
  24    The superuser may use a negative INCR to decrement the priority.  */
  25 int
  26 nice (int incr)
  27 {
  28   int save;
  29   int prio;
  30   int result;
  31
  32   /* -1 is a valid priority, so we use errno to check for an error.  */
  33   save = errno;
  34   __set_errno (0);
  35   prio = getpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
  36   if (prio == -1)
  37     {
  38       if (errno != 0)
  39         return -1;
  40       else
  41         __set_errno (save);
  42     }
  43
  44   result = setpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0, prio + incr);
  45   if (result != -1)
  46     return prio + incr;
  47   else
  48     return -1;
  49
  50 }