Changes for review

diff --git a/sys-utils/renice.c b/sys-utils/renice.c
index 177aab4b1208cc90d3751d82b35847b146988aed..c4e15371d69f012cc6134464929a32ec4e617350 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/renice.c
+++ b/sys-utils/renice.c
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
        fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out);
        fputs(_(" -n <num>               specify the nice value\n"), out);
        fputs(_("                          If POSIXLY_CORRECT flag is set in environment\n"), out);
-       fputs(_("                          environment then the priority is 'relative'\n"), out);
-       fputs(_("                          to current process priority. Otherwise it is\n"), out);
-       fputs(_("                          'absolute'.\n"), out);
+       fputs(_("                          then the priority is 'relative' to current\n"), out);
+       fputs(_("                          process priority. Otherwise it is 'absolute'.\n"), out);
        fputs(_(" --priority <num>       specify the 'absolute' nice value\n"), out);
        fputs(_(" --relative <num>       specify the 'relative' nice value\n"), out);
        fputs(_(" -p, --pid              interpret arguments as process ID (default)\n"), out);
@@ -101,10 +100,11 @@ static int donice(const int which, const int who, const int prio, const int rela
 
        if (getprio(which, who, &oldprio) != 0)
                return 1;
+       
+       newprio = prio; // if not relative, set absolute priority
 
-       newprio = oldprio;
        if (relative)
-           newprio += prio;
+               newprio = oldprio + prio;
 
        if (setpriority(which, who, newprio) < 0) {
                warn(_("failed to set priority for %d (%s)"), who, idtype[which]);