Crate lpt

Low Priority Thread

This is a 1-function crate that sets the calling thread’s priority to the lowest platform-specific value possible.

// Set the current thread to the lowest priority.
//
// This function returns () and will never fail.
lpt::lpt();

Windows

Uses SetThreadPriority() with THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE (-15).

Unix

Uses libc::nice() with the max nice level.

• On macOS and *BSD: +20
• On Linux: +19

Functions

lpttarget_family="unix"

Set the calling thread to the lowest possible priority