// Copyright (C) 2018 The Syncthing Authors. // // This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, // You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. package osutil import ( "syscall" "github.com/pkg/errors" ) var ( kernel32, _ = syscall.LoadLibrary("kernel32.dll") setPriorityClass, _ = syscall.GetProcAddress(kernel32, "SetPriorityClass") ) const ( // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms686219(v=vs.85).aspx aboveNormalPriorityClass = 0x00008000 belowNormalPriorityClass = 0x00004000 highPriorityClass = 0x00000080 idlePriorityClass = 0x00000040 normalPriorityClass = 0x00000020 processModeBackgroundBegin = 0x00100000 processModeBackgroundEnd = 0x00200000 realtimePriorityClass = 0x00000100 ) // SetLowPriority lowers the process CPU scheduling priority, and possibly // I/O priority depending on the platform and OS. func SetLowPriority() error { handle, err := syscall.GetCurrentProcess() if err != nil { return errors.Wrap(err, "get process handler") } defer syscall.CloseHandle(handle) res, _, err := syscall.Syscall(uintptr(setPriorityClass), uintptr(handle), belowNormalPriorityClass, 0, 0) if res != 0 { // "If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero." return nil } return errors.Wrap(err, "set priority class") // wraps nil as nil }