Top "Thread-priority" questions

Thread priorities specify the relative priority of one thread versus another.

What is the 'realtime' process priority setting for?

From what I've read in the past, you're encouraged not to change the priority of your Windows applications programmatically, and …

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Setting priority to Java's threads

I have a program that runs in a few threads. The main thread shares an object with the other threads …

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Portable way of setting std::thread priority in C++11

What is the correct way in the post C++11 world for setting the priority of an instance of std::thread …

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Java Executors: how can I set task priority?

Is there a possibility to set priority to tasks which are executed by Executors? I've found some statements in JCIP …

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C linux pthread thread priority

My program has one background thread that fills and swaps the back buffer of a double buffer implementation. The main …

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Changing thread priority to make my program and computer more responsive

I've written a .NET winforms application that uses a secondary thread to do some heavy processing, which communicates it's progress …

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Individual thread priority checking using command line in linux

I can see number of threads used in application by going to /proc/$(pidof task)/ and giving cat status. Is …

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Changing thread priority doesn't have an effect

I'm trying to change priority of main thread using android.os.Process.setThreadPriority(). I have log messages before and after …

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Why *not* change the priority of a ThreadPool (or Task) thread?

There are many places across the web and Stack Overflow where one is discouraged from changing the priority of a …

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How can you ensure in java that a block of code can not be interrupted by any other thread

exampl: new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { while(condition) { *code that must not be interrupted* *some more code* } } }).start(); …

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