sysdeps/posix/nice.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1992-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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  17
  18 #include <errno.h>
  19 #include <unistd.h>
  20 #include <sys/resource.h>
  21
  22 /* Increment the scheduling priority of the calling process by INCR.
  23    The superuser may use a negative INCR to decrement the priority.  */
  24 int
  25 nice (int incr)
  26 {
  27   int save;
  28   int prio;
  29   int result;
  30
  31   /* -1 is a valid priority, so we use errno to check for an error.  */
  32   save = errno;
  33   __set_errno (0);
  34   prio = getpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
  35   if (prio == -1)
  36     {
  37       if (errno != 0)
  38         return -1;
  39       else
  40         __set_errno (save);
  41     }
  42
  43   result = setpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0, prio + incr);
  44   if (result == -1)
  45     {
  46       if (errno == EACCES)
  47         errno = EPERM;
  48       return -1;
  49     }
  50   return getpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
  51 }