sysdeps/unix/nice.c

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   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>

/* Increment the scheduling priority of the calling process by INCR.
   The superuser may use a negative INCR to decrement the priority.  */
int
nice (int incr)
{
  int save;
  int prio;
  int result;

  /* -1 is a valid priority, so we use errno to check for an error.  */
  save = errno;
  __set_errno (0);
  prio = getpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
  if (prio == -1)
    {
      if (errno != 0)
	return -1;
      else
	__set_errno (save);
    }

  result = setpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0, prio + incr);
  if (result == -1)
    {
      if (errno == EACCES)
	errno = EPERM;
      return -1;
    }
  return getpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
}