Crate thread_priority

Thread priority. A library for changing thread's priority.

Uses libpthread to work with threads.

Usage

Setting thread priority to minimum:

extern crate thread_priority;
use thread_priority::*;

fn main() {
    let thread_id = thread_native_id();
    assert!(set_thread_priority(thread_id,
                                ThreadPriority::Min,
                                ThreadSchedulePolicy::Normal(NormalThreadSchedulePolicy::Normal)).is_ok());
}

Structs

ScheduleParams

Enums

Error	A error type
NormalThreadSchedulePolicy	Normal (usual) schedule policies
RealtimeThreadSchedulePolicy	The following "real-time" policies are also supported, for special time-critical applications that need precise control over the way in which runnable processes are selected for execution
ThreadPriority	Thread priority enumeration
ThreadSchedulePolicy	Thread schedule policy definition

Functions

set_thread_priority	Sets thread's priority and schedule policy
set_thread_schedule_policy	Sets thread schedule policy.
thread_native_id	Returns current thread id (pthread)
thread_schedule_policy	Returns policy parameters (schedule policy and other schedule parameters) for current process
thread_schedule_policy_param	Returns policy parameters (schedule policy and other schedule parameters)