Commit 023c186d7dd7efaafe047b13ba2916b3176c0c96
2014-02-26T23:52:50
When not honoured, trying to set highprio seems to have the opposite effect making it a harmful choice generically.
diff --git a/cgminer.c b/cgminer.c
index d16610d..d9104f4 100644
--- a/cgminer.c
+++ b/cgminer.c
@@ -4806,18 +4806,6 @@ void zero_stats(void)
}
}
-static void set_highprio(void)
-{
-#ifndef WIN32
- int ret = nice(-10);
-
- if (!ret)
- applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Unable to set thread to high priority");
-#else
- SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST);
-#endif
-}
-
static void set_lowprio(void)
{
#ifndef WIN32
@@ -7213,7 +7201,6 @@ void *miner_thread(void *userdata)
applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Waiting on sem in miner thread");
cgsem_wait(&mythr->sem);
- set_highprio();
cgpu->last_device_valid_work = time(NULL);
drv->hash_work(mythr);
out: