Re: [HTCondor-users] System setpriority()

[Patty J Bragger-Wilkinson <bragger_patty_j@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try this config option:

JOB_RENICE_INCREMENT

I think that will do what you're looking for.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HTCondor-users [mailto:htcondor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Brian Candler
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 1:30 PM
> To: HTCondor-Users Mail List
> Subject: [HTCondor-users] System setpriority()
> 
> I'm sure this must be in the documentation somewhere, but I can't see it.
> 
> 'top' shows that all my HTCondor jobs are running at standard system priority
> (nice=0). Can I get condor to setpriority() to a different value?
> 
> Searching around for this, all I can find are details of condor's own internal
> priority system and its own concept of "nice job":
> http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/manual/current/2_7Priorities_Preem
> ption.html
> 
> AFAICs, Condor user and job priorities are arbitrary values, while the system
> niceness is between -20 and +19
> 
> It would be sufficient to get jobs to run at a fixed higher niceness, so I guess I
> could just renice condor_master itself, but I was wondering if there's a better
> way.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian.
> 
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