Bug#38477: my_pthread_setprio can change dispatch class on Solaris, not just priority
The problem is that the function used by the server to increase the thread's priority (pthread_setschedparam) has the unintended side-effect of changing the calling thread scheduling policy, possibly overwriting a scheduling policy set by a sysadmin. The solution is to rely on the pthread_setschedprio function, if available, as it only changes the scheduling priority and does not change the scheduling policy. This function is usually available on Solaris and Linux, but it use won't work by default on Linux as the the default scheduling policy only accepts a static priority 0 -- this is acceptable for now as priority changing on Linux is broken anyway.
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