xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/gen/nice.c (revision 4f52dfbb)
1 /*-
2  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
5  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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19  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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21  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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29  * SUCH DAMAGE.
30  */
31 
32 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
33 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)nice.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
34 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
35 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
36 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
37 
38 #include <sys/types.h>
39 #include <sys/time.h>
40 #include <sys/resource.h>
41 #include <errno.h>
42 #include <unistd.h>
43 
44 /*
45  * Backwards compatible nice.
46  */
47 int
48 nice(int incr)
49 {
50 	int saverrno, prio;
51 
52 	saverrno = errno;
53 	errno = 0;
54 	prio = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
55 	if (prio == -1 && errno != 0)
56 		return (-1);
57 	if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, prio + incr) == -1) {
58 		if (errno == EACCES)
59 			errno = EPERM;
60 		return (-1);
61 	}
62 	errno = saverrno;
63 	return (0);
64 }
65