c++ multithread code setting priority level to different threads [duplicate]

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How to increase thread priority in pthreads?

I have a multithread code written in C++ using pthread. basically I have a main thread doing critical work and another thread doing maintenance. I'm wondering if there is a way to set a lower priority in the second thread so it runs when the first one is not busy?

Answer 1

You can use pthread_setschedparam to set the priority of the thread