Add flag to test.py to force lower priority of gradle processes
Change-Id: I062a6700eaec2d35ebf88f4e93dc82643bcf98c1
diff --git a/tools/test.py b/tools/test.py
index aa63a0f..16bb545 100755
--- a/tools/test.py
+++ b/tools/test.py
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@
help='Pass --no-daemon to the gradle run',
default=False,
action='store_true')
+ result.add_argument('--low-priority',
+ help='Run gradle with priority=low (higher niceness)',
+ default=False,
+ action='store_true')
result.add_argument(
'--kotlin-compiler-dev',
help='Specify to download a kotlin dev compiler and run '
@@ -384,6 +388,9 @@
# Bots don't like dangling processes.
gradle_args.append('--no-daemon')
+ if options.low_priority:
+ gradle_args.append('--priority=low')
+
# Set all necessary Gradle properties and options first.
if options.shard_count:
assert options.shard_number
