in reply to Re^2: Libxml parser cosuming 100% cpu
in thread Libxml parser cosuming 100% cpu

run faster, not slower

Well, you could read it like have the rest of the programmes run nicer to make the important one faster.

However, the nice(1) command may modify niceness both ways, so you can indeed use it to prioritize a single process.

Still, with the process in question already clogging all available cpu, I wonder if it is any help at all.

Cheers, Sören

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Re^4: Libxml parser cosuming 100% cpu
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 11, 2018 at 12:58 UTC

    I'm not sure what your point is. I replied to a comment that specifically suggested lowering the priority.

    And sure, one could use it to increase its priority, but that's not what the comment suggested, and I doubt it would help.

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      I replied to a comment that specifically suggested lowering the priority.

      ...of processes. You misread that as lowering the priority of the OP's programme.

      Otherwise, we have no argument.

      Cheers, Sören

      Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
      (hooked on the Perl Programming language)

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        No, noone is suggesting lowering the priority of every other process in order to effectively increase the priority of one process. I have no idea where you're getting that from.

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