Module windows

This module defines the windows thread control.

The crate’s prelude doesn’t have much control over the windows threads, and this module provides better control over those.

Enums

WinAPIThreadPriority

The WinAPI priority representation. Check out MSDN for more info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-setthreadpriority

Traits

ThreadExt

Windows-specific complemented part of the crate::ThreadExt trait.

Functions

get_current_thread_priority

Get current thread’s priority value.

get_thread_priority

Get the thread’s priority value.

set_current_thread_ideal_processor

Sets a preferred processor for a current thread. The system schedules threads on their preferred processors whenever possible.

set_current_thread_priority

Set current thread’s priority.

set_current_thread_priority_boost

Disables or enables the ability of the system to temporarily boost the priority of a current thread.

set_thread_ideal_processor

Sets a preferred processor for a thread. The system schedules threads on their preferred processors whenever possible.

set_thread_priority

Sets thread’s priority and schedule policy.

set_thread_priority_boost

Disables or enables the ability of the system to temporarily boost the priority of a thread.

set_winapi_thread_priority

Sets thread’s priority and schedule policy using WinAPI priority values.

thread_native_id

Returns current thread id, which is the current OS’s native handle. It may or may not be equal or even related to rust’s thread id, there is absolutely no guarantee for that.

Type Aliases

IdealProcessor

An alias type for specifying the ideal processor. Used in the WinAPI for affinity control.

ThreadId

An alias type for a thread id.