cosmopolitan/libc/calls/nice.c

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│ Copyright 2020 Justine Alexandra Roberts Tunney                              │
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#include "libc/bits/safemacros.internal.h"
#include "libc/calls/calls.h"
#include "libc/fmt/conv.h"
#include "libc/sysv/consts/prio.h"

static int clamp(int p) {
  return max(-NZERO, min(NZERO - 1, p));
}

/**
 * Changes process priority.
 *
 * @param delta is added to current priority w/ clamping
 * @return new priority, or -1 w/ errno
 * @see Linux claims ioprio_set() is tuned automatically by this
 */
int nice(int delta) {
  int p;
  if (abs(delta) >= NZERO * 2) {
    p = delta;
  } else {
    delta = clamp(delta);
    if ((p = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0)) == -1) return -1;
    p += delta;
  }
  p = clamp(p);
  if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, p) == -1) return -1;
  return p;
}